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Daily Brief India: Bajaj Housing Finance, Carraro India Limited, Western Carriers, General Insurance Corp Of India and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Bajaj Housing Finance IPO – Will Trade at a Premium
  • Carraro India Pre-IPO Tearsheet
  • Western Carriers Pre-IPO-Expanding Through a Combination of Asset-Light Model and Own Infrastructure
  • General Insurance Corp of India OFS – Large One to Digest, and a Potential Overhang to Contend With


Bajaj Housing Finance IPO – Will Trade at a Premium

By Sumeet Singh

  • Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) is looking to raise around US$800m in its India IPO.
  • BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.
  • In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will talk about valuations.

Carraro India Pre-IPO Tearsheet

By Akshat Shah

  • Carraro India Limited (810618Z IN) is looking to raise about US$216m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis, Nuvama and BNP Paribas.
  • Carraro India Limited (CIL), is a technology driven integrated supplier that develops complex engineering products and solutions for its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers.
  • CIL primarily manufactures axles and transmission systems for agricultural tractors and construction vehicles such as backhoe loaders, soil compactors, cranes, self-loading concrete mixers and small motor graders.

Western Carriers Pre-IPO-Expanding Through a Combination of Asset-Light Model and Own Infrastructure

By Akshat Shah

  • Western Carriers (1489172D IN) is looking to raise about US$100m in its upcoming India IPO.
  • Western Carriers (India) Limited (WCIL) was the largest private, multimodal, rail focused, 4PL asset-light logistics company in India in terms of container volumes in FY22, as per 1Lattice.
  • In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

General Insurance Corp of India OFS – Large One to Digest, and a Potential Overhang to Contend With

By Clarence Chu

  • The GoI is looking to raise up to US$600m from selling its stake in General Insurance Corp Of India (GICRE IN).
  • Earlier in Apr 2024, there were media reports indicating that the GoI planned to offload a 10% stake in the insurer over multiple tranches.
  • In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.

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