Thursday, October 18, 2007

Dhanus Technologies ends at 5% premium

Dhanus Technologies settled at Rs 311.15 on BSE, a premium of 5.47% over the IPO price of Rs 295.

The stock debuted at Rs 300.20, premium of 1.73% over the IPO price. It touched a high of Rs 350 and a low of Rs 251.60.

At the current price of Rs 311.15 the PE multiple works out to 25.09 based on FY 2007 consolidated EPS of Rs 12.40.

Dhanus had fixed the issue price of its IPO at Rs 295 a share, the top end of the Rs 280-Rs 295 price band.

The company had entered the capital market on 10 September 2007 with a public issue of 38.35 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each. The issue was subscribed 28.47 times when it closed on 12 September 2007.

The qualified institutional buyers category was subscribed 36.17 times. The non institutional investors category was subscribed 26.73 times. The retail investors category was subscribed 18.6 times.

The company proposes to utilise the proceeds to expand its infrastructural facilities and equipment base, construct a new corporate office and network operating centre.

Chennai-based Dhanus Technologies offers telecommunication and unified messaging and enhanced logistics services. The company's BPO unit has clients from the US, UK and Australia.

On a consolidated basis, Dhanus Technologies reported a net profit of Rs 22.17 crore on revenue of Rs 92.13 crore in the year ended 30 June 2007.

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