The stock has fallen below its QIP issue price of Rs 2,049 per share
The quarter, which was nearly washed-out due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus, saw the company's profit after tax margin sliding to 1%, compared to 5.5% in Q1FY20
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Owner of Avenue Supermarts reported a profit of Rs 323 crore in the same quarter last year
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The Bajaj group is the only one on the list of 12 conglomerates to be down - 1 per cent - since the lockdown came into effect, thanks to the hammering of stocks of non-banking financial companies.
Despite the lockdown its March quarter performance was better than expected
Net profit margin at 4.6% in the March quarter was in line with the number reported a year ago (4%)
At close of trade, the company's market capitalisation stood at Rs 1,58,902.37 crore on the BSE.
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Educated in Mumbai, where his father worked on Dalal Street, Damani dropped out of college after studying commerce for a year.
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Footfalls at stores that were open were lower than usual, the company said, pointing to the impact that retail firms, both organised and unorganised, were feeling due to the lockdown
The SBI Cards' IPO closed on March 5, and since then the market has come off 11%
The shares of Avenue Supermart were subscribed more than 3.5 times, with investors bidding for 51.8 million shares against 14.8 million shares on offer.
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The stock fell 5.6 per cent to end at Rs 2,401 in secondary market trade. A further 1.5 million shares meant for retail investors will be auctioned on Monday.
Following the share sale, Avenue Supermarts, which operates the Dmart retail chain, will become compliant with the 25 per cent public shareholding norms
The Radhakishan Damani-promoted company is now more valuable than Nestle India and Bajaj Finserv, according to the BSE data
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