In the primary market, the initial public offer of SBI Cards and Payment Services will open today. The company expects to raise around Rs 10,341 crore from the IPO
Analysts at Motilal Oswal said that SBI Cards' strong growth, stable asset quality, and superior return ratios provide comfort and justify the premium valuation
The grey market premium for SBI Cards and Payment Services has seen some moderation following a 7 per cent crash in the stock markets last week
The SBI Cards IPO will be a test for investor appetite, which has been battered by the coronavirus outbreak.
Siddharth Purohit of SMC Global Securities believes that given the stable RoE of 30% valuation, in terms of P/E ratio is likely to come down to 31x and 22x in FY21 and FY22, respectively from 43x.
SBI Cards has an 18 per cent market share in terms of outstanding number of cards, as of November 2019
No multi-bagger like IRCTC, but can deliver 50% listing gains, says Ambareesh Baliga, an independent market expert
At issue size of Rs 10,355 cr, the offering will be Asia's biggest this year and fourth-largest domestically
Normally, IPOs are open for subscription for three days but SBI Cards IPO will run for four days. The first three days, i.e. from March 2 to March 4, the issue will be open for all bidders
The second largest card issuer SBI Cards & Payment Services, which is hitting the primary market with a Rs 9,000-crore initial public offering, has set the price band for the share sale at Rs 750-755. The IPO, opening on March 2 and closing on 4, comprises fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to Rs 500 crore and an offer for sale where promoters will offload nearly 13 crore shares. Promoters SBI and Carlyle Group will offload 3.73 crore shares and 9.32 shares respectively. SBI holds 74 per cent in SBI Card and the rest by the Carlyle Group and they will pare their stakes by 4 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, SBI Managing Director Dinesh Khara told reporters kicking of the IPO roadshow. SBI Card's market share in terms of the number of credit cards outstanding is 18 per cent. The pure-play credit card company's gross NPA stood at 2.47 per cent in December 2019 compared to 2.44 per cent in March 2019 and 2.83 per cent in March 2018, he said. SBI Card managing director and
Gross non-performing assets stood at 2.47% at the end of last year, down from around 2.9% in March 2018
Brokers say many wanting get to their hands on the country's second-largest credit card company have bought shares of parent State Bank of India (SBI) from the secondary market in recent weeks.
SBI Cards expects competition to intensify in future
The much-awaited initial public offering of SBI Cards and Payment Services, a subsidiary of State Bank of India, will open on March 2, confirms its prospectus
SBI Cards is the second-largest credit card issuer in India, with an 18.1 per cent market share of the market as of November 2019
The company plans to issue new shares worth Rs 500 crore and will offer up to 130.5 million shares for sale
Sebi's observations are necessary for any company to launch public issues including initial public offer, follow-on public offer and rights issue
Latest rule change may, however, clear decks for Rs 9,500-cr offering
The issue will comprise an offer for sale of about 131 million shares of existing shareholders - SBI and CA Rover
Post process, the effective date of listing for the commercial paper at the exchange will be December 23, the BSE said in a statement