Mumbai, October 20 (IANS). In the Indian equity market, 433 companies have raised Rs 2.9 lakh crore through Initial Public Offering (IPO) and Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) from last Diwali to this Diwali i.e. in Samvat 2081.
In Samvat 2080, this figure was at Rs 2.53 lakh crore with 429 companies.
Earlier, in Samvat 2079, 251 companies had raised Rs 79,900 crore and in Samvat 2078, 165 companies had raised Rs 1.07 lakh crore.
The market has made this record at a time when the activities in the secondary market remain weak and the listing of companies launching IPOs is becoming weak. This trend reflects the confidence of long-term investors in the market.
This Samvat, a total of 111 companies raised Rs 1.8 lakh crore through mainboard IPO. At the same time, 275 companies managed to raise Rs 11,860 crore through Small and Medium Enterprises (MME) IPO.
Whereas, other 47 companies raised Rs 98,993 crore through QIP.
Market experts say that the reasons for this rise are strong economic growth rate, increasing investor confidence and good market conditions.
He further said that due to higher valuations in the secondary market, investors are giving priority to investing in the primary market.
The listing of most companies in 2025 has been weaker than expected. Of the 85 mainboard IPOs listed so far this year, 29 opened below their issue prices, while 27 saw nominal listing profits of 1-10 per cent.
12 IPOs delivered gains between 11-20 per cent, 13 IPOs rose 25-50 per cent, and only three stocks managed to deliver gains of more than 50 per cent on debut.
In contrast, companies performing significantly better at the time of listing in 2024. That year, out of 93 mainboard IPOs, five stocks doubled investors’ money upon listing, 12 gave gains of 50-99 per cent, 25 gave gains of 25-50 per cent, and 30 gave investors marginal gains between 1-25 per cent.
A similar pattern was seen in the SME segment. In 2025, 218 SME IPOs hit the market, of which 76 listed below the IPO issue price, while 27 delivered gains of 50-100 per cent.
However, in 2024, 247 SME IPOs hit the market, and more than 100 of them delivered returns between 50-400 per cent at the time of listing.
–IANS
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