As many as 15 out of 18 public sector companies listed over the last 8 years have given bumper returns with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders topping the list by making investors richer by a whopping 3,700 per cent, according to an analysis. The analysis shows that barring insurance companies, all central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), especially from shipping and rail sectors, listed since May 2017 gave positive returns to investors who bought shares in the initial public offering (IPO) and have stayed invested in the company so far. Besides, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd and Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) provided over 1,000 per cent returns to IPO investors. Sector wise analysis reveals that Railways and Shipping CPSEs have outperformed CPSEs in other sectors. Mazagon Dock, which listed on bourses in 2020 at an issue price of Rs 145, was trading at Rs 5,510.2 a share on April 22, 2025, ..
Since 2009, just six PSUs, including SJVN Ltd, Coal India Ltd and MOIL, have been listed