Mumbai: Reliance Industries<\/a>’ rights issue<\/a> offer price may have disappointed some sections of the market, but the issue is likely to sail through without any problems, analysts and brokers said.
Last Thursday, RIL<\/a>, India’s biggest private sector company, announced India’s biggest rights issue of ₹53,125 crore at ₹1,257 per share, a 14% discount to Thursday’s closing price. The offer ratio is 1:15.
“The market expectations were a bit higher given that rights issues in the recent past have been at a higher discount,” said Rajiv Sharma, head of research at SBICAP Securities<\/a>. “However, with the Facebook-Jio deal, and the company saying that due diligence for the Aramco deal is going on, such a narrative may bode well for the fundraising plans,” said Sharma.
Sanjiv Bhasin, director, IIFL Securities<\/a> said the market was expecting pricing at ₹1,000-1,100. “They are looking to reduce debt, which is a big positive. The return on equity should do exceedingly well for the next two years,” said Bhasin.
“With two deals already announced (Facebook<\/a> and BP), cash-inflow from the deals should be around $7 billion,” said Credit Suisse<\/a> in a note. “The rights issue could help to reduce net debt further by $7.5 billion (at USD\/INR of 70),” the brokerage said. The rights issue is EPS-neutral, Credit Suisse said. It has a neutral rating on RIL with a target price of ₹1,150.
RIL’s global depository receipts (GDR) fell on Friday after the results. RIL shares rose 3% to ₹1,467.05 on Thursday and the stock has gained 67% from its 52-week low of ₹875.70 on March 23.
RIL’s consolidated quarterly net profit rose 3.7% to ₹10,813 crore before exceptional items. Reliance Jio’s net profit trebled to ₹2,331crore, while Reliance Retail<\/a>’s Ebitda rose 33% to ₹2,556 crore. Including exceptionals, RIL’s profit for the quarter fell 37.2% to ₹6,546 crore.
RIL is expected to complete the capital raising programme totalling over ₹1.04 lakh crore by the first quarter of FY21. This includes the investment by Facebook in Jio Platforms, the upcoming rights issue and the previous investment by BP in FY19-20.
Some analysts believe that the rights issue combined with comments from the company that there is interest from other investors in Jio Platforms should lead the market to look through the weak earnings environment in the near term.
However, independent market expert Sandip Sabharwal believes the stock is likely to be weak in the near term and that the rights issue is priced higher than market expectations. “The market expectation was around ₹1,000,” said Sabharwal, adding that the stock is likely to be weak in the near term as the refining and petrochemicals business of the company is likely to be under pressure over the next few months.
Mumbai: Reliance Industries<\/a>’ rights issue<\/a> offer price may have disappointed some sections of the market, but the issue is likely to sail through without any problems, analysts and brokers said.
Last Thursday, RIL<\/a>, India’s biggest private sector company, announced India’s biggest rights issue of ₹53,125 crore at ₹1,257 per share, a 14% discount to Thursday’s closing price. The offer ratio is 1:15.
“The market expectations were a bit higher given that rights issues in the recent past have been at a higher discount,” said Rajiv Sharma, head of research at SBICAP Securities<\/a>. “However, with the Facebook-Jio deal, and the company saying that due diligence for the Aramco deal is going on, such a narrative may bode well for the fundraising plans,” said Sharma.
Sanjiv Bhasin, director, IIFL Securities<\/a> said the market was expecting pricing at ₹1,000-1,100. “They are looking to reduce debt, which is a big positive. The return on equity should do exceedingly well for the next two years,” said Bhasin.
“With two deals already announced (Facebook<\/a> and BP), cash-inflow from the deals should be around $7 billion,” said Credit Suisse<\/a> in a note. “The rights issue could help to reduce net debt further by $7.5 billion (at USD\/INR of 70),” the brokerage said. The rights issue is EPS-neutral, Credit Suisse said. It has a neutral rating on RIL with a target price of ₹1,150.
RIL’s global depository receipts (GDR) fell on Friday after the results. RIL shares rose 3% to ₹1,467.05 on Thursday and the stock has gained 67% from its 52-week low of ₹875.70 on March 23.
RIL’s consolidated quarterly net profit rose 3.7% to ₹10,813 crore before exceptional items. Reliance Jio’s net profit trebled to ₹2,331crore, while Reliance Retail<\/a>’s Ebitda rose 33% to ₹2,556 crore. Including exceptionals, RIL’s profit for the quarter fell 37.2% to ₹6,546 crore.
RIL is expected to complete the capital raising programme totalling over ₹1.04 lakh crore by the first quarter of FY21. This includes the investment by Facebook in Jio Platforms, the upcoming rights issue and the previous investment by BP in FY19-20.
Some analysts believe that the rights issue combined with comments from the company that there is interest from other investors in Jio Platforms should lead the market to look through the weak earnings environment in the near term.
However, independent market expert Sandip Sabharwal believes the stock is likely to be weak in the near term and that the rights issue is priced higher than market expectations. “The market expectation was around ₹1,000,” said Sabharwal, adding that the stock is likely to be weak in the near term as the refining and petrochemicals business of the company is likely to be under pressure over the next few months.
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