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Two IPOs will be launched next week, raising about Rs 2,500 crore in total.

This follows the initial public offerings (IPOs) of five companies last month: Shyam Metalics and Energy, Sona BLW Precision Forgings (Sona Comstar), Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Dodla Dairy, and Indian Pesticides. These companies raised a total of Rs 9,923 crore through public offerings.

Clean Science and Technology and GR Infraprojects’ three-day initial public offerings (IPOs) will begin on July 7 and end on July 9. The bidding for key investors will begin on July 6, according to data from exchanges.

Through IPOs, the two companies would raise a total of Rs 2,510 crore. The firms’ shares will be traded on the BSE and the NSE.The Rs 1,546.62-crore IPO of Clean Science and Technology is wholly an offer for sale (OFS) by current owners and other shareholders.

For its initial public offering, a speciality chemical producer has set a price range of Rs 880-900 per share. Functionally essential speciality chemicals, such as performance chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, and FMCG chemicals, are manufactured by Clean Science Technology. Customers employ its goods as crucial starting materials, inhibitors, or additives in their products.

The public offering of GR Infraprojects will be a full OFS of 1,15,08,704 equity shares by promoters and investor selling stockholders. Employee reservations are also included in the package. The IPO of GR Infraprojects, which has set a price range of Rs 828-837 per share, is expected to raise Rs 963.28 crore at the top end of the pricing range.

Source: Economic times

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IPO Stocks to Keep an Eye on in June

Squarespace(ticker: SQSP), a website builder, was the most high-profile listing in May. . Although the corporation’s initial public offering (IPO) was technically a direct listing rather than a typical IPO, the shares began trading on May 19. Squarespace’s price has risen approximately 17% so far.

The IPO boom is anticipated to remain in June and beyond, according to investors. Here are five initial public offerings to keep an eye on:

  • dLocal (DLO)
  • Krispy Kreme (DNUT)
  • Authentic Brands
  • Couchbase
  • Robinhood

dLocal (DLO)

dLocal, a payments startup, is part of a wave of digital payments companies that are going public. In late May, Paymentus Holdings (PAY) and Flywire Corp. (FLYW) completed their first public offerings. In addition, Marqeta (MQ) has filed to go public next week.

dLocal reported $104.1 million in revenue in 2020 in its IPO filings, up 89 percent over 2019. It also made a profit of $28.2 million last year, in stark contrast to many IPO growth stocks, which are losing money.On June 3, shares began trading on the Nasdaq. The payment startup raised $617.7 million in its initial public offering, which opened at $31 per share.

Krispy Kreme (DNUT)

Krispy Kreme, a doughnut company, said on May 4 that it has filed secret documents to execute an IPO. Krispy Kreme is aiming to re-enter the public market after its initial public offering (IPO) in 2000 ended in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy barely five years later.

Investors are hoping that the value of Krispy Kreme has increased since 2016. Dunkin’ Brands, a competitor, was taken private in 2020 for $8.76 billion.

Authentic Brands

Authentic Brands filed for an IPO in secret on May 26 and is aiming for a $10 billion valuation, according to Women’s Wear Daily. The data appears to back up an earlier Bloomberg report claiming that Authentic Brands is considering an IPO.

According to CNBC, Authentic Brands was estimated at between $4 billion and $5 billion in its most recent fundraising round in 2019.

Couchbase

According to insiders acquainted with the situation, Couchbase might be worth up to $3 billion. Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intuit (INTU), and PayPal Holdings are among the company’s high-profile customers, generating more than $100 million in annual revenue (PYPL).

Couchbase has been planning an initial public offering (IPO) since 2016. The company has been quiet about its anticipated IPO in recent months, but the March filing indicates that a formal announcement might happen at any time.

Robinhood

The past few years have been tremendously profitable for Robinhood, but they have also been marred by controversy. After the Reddit WallStreetBets community staged targeted short squeezes, Robinhood briefly suspended trading in GameStop Corp. (GME) and other so-called “meme” stocks, CEO Vlad Tenev was called to testify before Congress.

Tenev stated in his statement that Robinhood has over 13 million consumers. In 2020 and early 2021, a retail stock trading boom fueled Robinhood’s exponential growth. According to TechCrunch, the company’s payment for order flow revenue climbed from around $90 million in the first quarter of 2020 to around $220 million in the fourth quarter.

Source: money.usnews.com

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OZZ Resources launches $5m gold IPO with five WA Projects, Pledges tight register

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Chairman Alan Lockett, formerly of Olympia Resources and credited with the discovery of the now-mined Hart Range garnet deposit in the Northern Territory, and managing director Jonathon Lea, formerly of Polaris Metals and who has also been involved in the development of several gold projects in Western Australia, are at the helm of the company.

Following the offering, Mr. Lea believes shareholders may expect a highly busy exploration agenda. “Shareholders may expect a thorough, targeted, and systematic exploration effort across our core properties, as well as frequent news flow,” says the company. He went on to say that the corporation would retain strict financial discipline and expense management. A total of 25 million shares are being offered at a price of $0.20 per share, with the offer set to end on May 28.

By mid-June, OZZ hopes to be listed on the ASX. For the second half of 2021, a multi-pronged exploration campaign is planned, with drilling approvals already in place for Maguires Reward, where 5,000 metres of reverse circulation drilling will begin next month. In the meanwhile, at the Rabbit Bore and Petewangy projects, OZZ will conduct an airborne electromagnetic survey. Rabbit Bore has a 5km strike length of promising shear zones under cover, with anomalous copper, nickel, and cobalt found in soil sampling.

(Source: Morningstar)

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Bega Cheese’s Strength isn’t Strong Enough to Justify a Financial Moat

Competitive pressures from branded peers, niche operators, and private label products and a reliance on powerful supermarket customers will weigh on Bega’s ability to increase prices, leading to potential market share and margin deterioration. Despite the firm’s strategic shift toward a more diverse product offering, we expect dairy products to continue to represent the majority of Bega’s sales over the next decade, exposing the firm to commodity pricing and volatile input costs.

In November 2020, Bega entered an agreement to acquire Lion Dairy and Drinks from Kirin Group for AUD 534 million with the deal expected to be finalized in January 2021. Revenue from the branded segment, which includes spreads and grocery products and Lion’s Dairy and Drinks portfolio, to expand at a CAGR of 7.4% to fiscal 2025, underpinned by new product innovation and bolt-on acquisitions. Historically, Bega Cheese has made limited investment in its brands, particularly in Australia where Fonterra is the licensee of the Bega brand, however since acquiring the spreads and grocery business in 2018, marketing spend as proportion of revenue has increased to 3% from 1% and it to remain the higher level.

Bega Cheese’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing

At least 70% of Bega’s energy consumption is from fossil fuel generation. But these risks are immaterial to our unchanged AUD 5.00 per share fair value estimate and high uncertainty rating. Bega Cheese already operates in a highly competitive market, with a largely commoditized product offering and high private label penetration in key categories. Bega Cheese’s supply chain and manufacturing is heavily reliant on water, exposing the company to increased water costs and community backlash from inefficient water use.As pressure mounts to reduce global carbon emissions, there is the potential for a reintroduction of regulated carbon pricing in Australia, however, this is not factored into our base case. Extreme weather events such as droughts and bushfires may result in higher input costs, margin deterioration from reduced production volumes, disruptions to the supply chain and increased scrutiny on resource use. Climate change risk may lead to extreme weather in the short term or changing climate patterns longer-term impacting its supply chain and input costs. Management is certainly diversifying Bega Cheese’s product offering and building out the branded business through acquisitive growth in recent years

Financial Strength

Bega’s balance sheet will be stretched following the acquisition of Lion Dairy and Drinks, with pro forma net debt/EBITDA on a post AASB 16 basis deteriorating to 3.3 (from 2.3 pre-acquisition). Bega funded the acquisition through a AUD 401 million equity raising and AUD 267 million of new and extended debt facilities. The balance sheet to gradually deleverage as synergies are delivered, earnings improve and noncore assets are divested, with net debt/EBITDA falling to below the firm’s target of 2 by fiscal 2024. Bega will continue to explore potential bolt on acquisitions and partake in industry rationalisation. While the timing and scale of further acquisitions is uncertain, Bega has the capacity to pursue smaller acquisitions while maintaining a dividend payout ratio of 50% normalised EPS.

Changing Consumer Trends

  • Bega is shifting investment to the spreads and grocery business, which we view as less commoditised and higher margin than dairy, with strong niche positions in Vegemite and peanut butter
  • External factors outside of Bega’s control, such as the weather, can adversely impact supply and demand dynamics. This can impact commodity prices, inputs costs and the firm’s supply chain and lead to volatile earnings
  • Changing consumer trends toward dairy-free and vegan diets could lead to declines in per-capita dairy and cheese consumption, weighing on the majority of Bega’s earnings

Company Profile

Bega Cheese is an Australian based dairy processor and food manufacturer of well-known brands including Bega Cheese and Vegemite. On a pre-acquisition of Lion’s Dairy and Drink’s basis, the firm generated approximately 70% of sales from its domestic market, with the remainder from exports to over 40 countries, predominately in Asia. Bega Cheese operates two segments: the branded segment which produces consumer packaged goods primarily sold through the supermarket and foodservice channels and the bulk segment which produces commodity dairy ingredients primarily sold through the business-to-business channel.

(Source: Morningstar)

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Following Over Subscribed IPO, Resource Base to Acquire Black Range Metal Project

Black Range Acquisition

Following the completion of an initial public offering (IPO) and planned relisting on the Australian Securities Exchange, junior minerals company Resource Base will pursue an aggressive exploration campaign at the potential Black Range base metals property in northwest Victoria.

In February, Resource Base obtained a conditional right to purchase Black Range from its present owner, Navarre Minerals (ASX: NML). The firms reached a definitive agreement under which Navarre will dispose the non-core asset in exchange for $1.52 million in Resource Base shares upon listing.

A second tranche of 2.5 million shares will be awarded to Navarre upon the announcement of a JORC resource of 100,000 tonnes within five years, and a third 6 million share tranche will be issued upon the delivery of the project’s comprehensive feasibility study.

Eclipse Prospect

After the acquisition is completed, Resource Base will conduct exploration, pre-feasibility studies, and bankable feasibility studies on the project to show the commercial viability of a mining operation.

The Eclipse opportunity, which sits in the Stavely corridor and is considered prospective for volcanic-hosted massive sulphide mineralisation, is Resource Base’s priority objective within the project.

The first two years as a public business will also include evaluating fresh exploration and acquisition prospects, as well as completing studies for near-term copper and gold production.

“The company will also consider further merger and acquisition activity where appropriate, with a view to growing the company and creating further value for shareholders.”

Company Profile

Resource Base Limited is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of highly prospective exploration projects with demonstrated potential for scalable discoveries.

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Mettler-Toledo Returning to Sales and Earnings Growth

While the competitive nature of these markets makes incremental share gain somewhat difficult, we see opportunity for organic growth and share gains in product inspection, industrial, and food retail. Mettler places an intense focus on sales and marketing and has leveraged its Spinnaker and Stern Drive programs to operate with high efficiency and maintain strong customer retention.

Despite relatively slow market growth in weighing instrumentation, Mettler has achieved steady above-market share gains and has established a niche in high-end laboratory balances. Impressively, the firm has posted consistent pricing and margin gains over the past decade, even during the great financial crisis, 2015-16 industrial downturn and COVID-19 pandemic. Tepid industry growth holds potential competitors at bay, given that new entrants would find it difficult to take meaningful share, and the reward for doing so would be relatively small.

Higher inflation could limit earnings growth because Mettler may find it difficult to pass on pricing increases to clients that are more than the customary 2 percent to 3 percent range. Nonetheless, because the company works in established, stable markets, the long-term picture for the company appears positive.

Despite shareholder pressure on financial allocation, Mettler has taken a methodical approach to acquisitions.

Financial Strength

Mettler-Toledo has good financial strength and has consistently maintained solid levels of free cash flow and reasonable debt, which stood at 1.5 times EBITDA in December 2020. Mettler has generated increasing levels of free cash flow in each of the past four years, with $240 million of cash flow in 2016 increasing to nearly $650 million in 2020. Mettler has typically used much of this cash flow on share buybacks, which have totaled nearly $2.8 billion over the last five years. Apart from repurchases, Mettler has occasionally made moderately sized acquisitions, such as the $105 million purchase of pipette consumable vendor Biotix in 2017, and the $96 million acquisition of lab equipment company Henry Troemner in 2016.

Bulls Say

  • Despite the slow market growth of balances, Mettler has consistently exceeded analyst expectations, and the company has unmatched operating efficiency.
  • Mettler has shown impressive cost discipline during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a flexible cost structure and healthy balance sheet, Mettler is poised to benefit from a post-crisis economic rebound.
  • Though details of the programs remain somewhat opaque, the Spinnaker and Stern Drive initiatives appear to be significant contributors to the firm’s consistent market-beating results, and these programs are set to continue.

Company Profile

Mettler-Toledo supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences (54% of 2020 sales), industrial (40%), and food retail industries (6%). Its products include laboratory and retail scales, pipettes, pH meters, thermal analysis equipment, titrators, metal detectors, and X-ray analyzers. Mettler leads the market for weighing instrumentation and controls more than 50% of the market for lab balances. The business is geographically diversified, with sales distribution roughly as follows: the United States around 30% of sales, Europe around 30%, China around 20%, and the rest of the world around 20%.

(Source: Morningstar)

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Dodla Dairy is trading at a premium of 28% above the issue price.

Bids for 38,80,64,950 shares were received, that was 45.62 times the offer size of 85,07,569 shares. The shares reserved for non-institutional investors were subscribed 73.26 times, while the quota reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 84.88 times. Retail individual investors (RIIs) received 11.33 times the number of shares offered.

Dodla Dairy Capacity

As of March 31, 2021, the dairy owner purchased an average of 1.03 million litres of raw milk per day (MLPD). It operates 13 production plants with a total installed capacity of 1.70 million metric tonnes per day. In addition, it operates two skimmed milk powder (SMP) facilities in Nellore and Vedasandur, with installed capacities of 15,000 and 10,000 kg per day, separately.

Dodla’s revenues increased by 16 percent yearly and its Ebitda increased by 12 percent annually between FY18 and FY20. During the same time period, profit after tax (PAT) declined by 6% yearly. In the first nine months of FY20, value products accounted for 24.68 percent of total sales, down from 27.18 percent in FY20.

Analyst View

However, the Ebitda margin for the nine-month period increased to 14.6% from 6.7% in FY20. Analysts predicted that the corporation would struggle to maintain such strong margins, which were achieved through cost-cutting initiatives. The management has also advocated for a return to normal margins.

Source: Economictimes

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NTPC is considering an initial public offering of its renewable energy division to obtain revenue for its green goals.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plans to build 60 GW of renewable energy capacity.By 2032, the country’s largest power generator wants to reduce its net energy efficiency by 10%.

NTPC Chairman and Managing Director  Gurdeep Singh at the virtual BloombergNEF Summit:-

We should not concentrate our efforts solely on one method of generating financing. We intend to go public with our fundraising efforts as soon as possible. Singh was speaking about obtaining funding for NTPC’s ambitious renewable energy objective, stressing that the business would add 7-8 GW of RE each year, which he said would not be a difficult undertaking. He exuded confidence that NTPC would surpass its aim of 60GW of renewable energy by 2032.

He also mentioned that blended finance might be utilised to fund the capacity expansion, as well as building assets and enlisting the help of other investors to accomplish green energy ambitions. In October of last year, state-owned NTPC formed NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary for its renewable energy sector.

Company Profile

NTPC Ltd is an Indian state-owned electric utility company. It is the largest power producer in India and supplies a significant amount of the nation’s total needs. The company primarily generates revenue through the sale of electricity to state-owned Indian power distribution companies from its stations throughout the country. NTPC also brings in a significant amount of revenue through its consultancy wing, which provides engineering and project management services to the utility industry. While the vast majority of its facilities use coal and gas fuel sources, NTPC has also increased its capacity through renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectric, solar, and thermal power, and plans to continue this trend going forward.

Source: – Economictimes

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Exxaro Tiles receives approval from the Sebi to launch an initial public offering

According to a Sebi update issued on Monday, Exxaro Tiles, which filed preliminary IPO papers with the regulator in March, has received the regulator’s comments. The Sebi’s comments are required for public offerings such as initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on public offerings (FPOs), and rights issues.
According to the DRHP, the Gujarat-based business may seek a pre-IPO sale of up to 22 lakh equity shares for cash consideration in conjunction with the merchant banker. The pre-IPO transaction will result in a reduction in the volume of equity shares issued compared to the new issuance.
The company expects to raise Rs 150-160 crore from the IPO, according to market sources. The funds from the new issue will be used to repay or prepay debt, support working capital needs, and for other general company reasons.
About Exxaro
Exxaro Tiles, founded by Mukeshkumar Patel, Dineshbhai Patel, Rameshbhai Patel, and Kirankumar Patel, specialises in the production and distributing of vitrified tiles, which are primarily utilised for flooring solutions in the domestic and industrial sectors. It presently has a dealer network of approximately 2,000 people spread over 27 states.

Source:- Economictimes

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Raising Our Tesla FVE to $550 on Improved Profitability Outlook; Shares Slightly Overvalued

Tesla also invests around 6% of its sales into R&D, focusing on improving its market-leading technology and reducing its manufacturing costs. The company will also move upstream into battery production, with a goal to reduce costs by over 50%. Tesla also sells solar panels and batteries used for energy storage to consumers and utilities.

After taking a fresh look at Tesla, we are raising our fair value estimate to $550 per share from $354. The increased fair value estimate comes from our outlook for higher long-term profitability in the automotive segment. We maintain our narrow moat rating but downgrade our moat trend rating to stable from positive. At current prices, shares as slightly overvalued, with the stock trading above our fair value estimate but within 25% of our fair value estimate, which is the upper end of the range for 3-star territory based on our uncertainty rating. A little over 5.1 million vehicles sold in 2030, up from 4.3 million, due to a greater number of affordable vehicles, which Tesla nicknamed the $25,000 car.

Management’s cost reduction initiatives driving long-term gross margin expansion. In its September Battery Day event, Tesla unveiled plans to reduce battery costs by 56%. Tesla will be able to achieve these cost reductions, without reducing prices, which will reduce vehicle unit costs and increase gross profit per vehicle. In addition to cost reductions, the mix shift to the Model Y will also increase automotive gross profit margins. The Model Y is built on the Model 3 platform, and management says the cost of production for a Model Y is not that much more than the Model 3. Given that the Model Y’s entry level price is $12,500, or roughly 30%, more expensive than the Model 3, we see gross profit margins expanding as a greater proportion of Model Y vehicles are sold.

Tesla’s EV prices will remain at or above the price of a comparable internal combustion engine or hybrid vehicle. This should lead to Tesla’s cost reduction efforts driving profit margin expansion. Tesla’s second largest vehicle platform over the next decade, with the two platforms generating nearly 90% of total volumes. Similar to Tesla starting with the Model 3 and then transitioning to sell more Model Ys, we expect Tesla will start with a $25,000 car and then transition to produce a greater proportion of SUVs from the platform.

Financial Strength

Tesla is in solid financial health as cash and cash equivalents exceeded total debt as of March 31, 2021. Total debt was roughly $10.9 billion, with about $5.1 billion of that amount nonrecourse debt mostly backed by asset-backed security issuances for the auto and energy businesses, China debt, and a warehouse line secured by cash flows from vehicle leasing contracts. To fund its growth plans, Tesla has used convertible debt financing as well as equity offerings and credit lines to raise capital. As of March 31, 2021, the company has $2.15 billion in unused committed amounts under credit lines and financing funds. In 2020, the company raised $12.3 billion in three equity issuances.

 Tesla‘s Unique Supercharger Network

  • Tesla has the potential to disrupt the automotive and power generation industries with its technology for EVs, AVs, batteries, and solar generation systems.
  • Tesla will see higher profit margins as the company achieves its plan to reduce battery costs by 56% over the next several years.
  • Through the combination of its industry-leading technology and unique Supercharger network, Tesla offers the best function of any EV on the market, which will result in the company maintaining its market leader status as EV adoption increases.

Company Profile

Founded in 2003 and based in Palo Alto, California, Tesla is a vertically integrated sustainable energy company that also aims to transition the world to electric mobility by making electric vehicles. The company sells solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation plus batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities. Tesla has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and mid-size sedans and crossover SUVs. The company also plans to begin selling more affordable sedans and small SUVs, a light-truck, semi-truck, and a sports car. Global deliveries in 2020 were roughly 500,000 units.

(Source: Morningstar)

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