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Daily Brief India: Doms, Elecon Engineering, Five Star Business Finance, Epack Durable and more

In today’s briefing:

  • DOMS Industries Pre-IPO Tearsheet
  • Elecon Engineering Co. Ltd- Forensic Analysis
  • Five Star Placement – Well Flagged but Have a Lot More Stock to Get Through
  • Epack Durable Pre-IPO Tearsheet


DOMS Industries Pre-IPO Tearsheet

By Sumeet Singh

  • Doms (DOMS IN) is looking to raise around US$140m (estimated) in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by JM Financial, BNP, ICICI Securities and IIFL Securities.
  • DOMS is a leading player and brand in India’s stationery and art products market. It designs,  manufactures, and sells a wide range of products, primarily under its flagship brand ‘DOMS’.
  • Its core products such as pencils and mathematical instrument boxes had market shares of 29% and 30% by value in FY23, respectively, as per Technopak.

Elecon Engineering Co. Ltd- Forensic Analysis

By Nitin Mangal

  • Elecon Engineering (ELCN IN)  (EECL) is one of the renowned manufacturers of Gears, often used in Industrials. 
  • The company has gathered operational momentum in the last few years, coupled with debt reduction. 
  • However, its balance sheet still has some concerns that are important. This relates to unaudited subsidiary, fixed asset disposals, write offs and ECL policy and large RPTs.

Five Star Placement – Well Flagged but Have a Lot More Stock to Get Through

By Sumeet Singh

  • Three PE investors are looking to raise up to US$158m via selling 5.9% of Five Star Business Finance (FIVESTAR IN) (FSB).
  • Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals. FSB had raised around US$190m in its India IPO in Nov 2022.
  • In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and updates since our last note.

Epack Durable Pre-IPO Tearsheet

By Ethan Aw

  • Epack Durable (1936389D IN) is looking to raise up to US$100m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, DAM Capital and ICICI Securities. 
  • Epack Durable (ED) is the fastest Indian growing room air conditioner original design manufacturer (ODM) based on growth in volume manufactured between FY20-23 (Year ended 31st Mar), according to F&S. 
  • Further, it is the second largest ODM manufacturer in the Indian room air conditioner manufacturing market, with 29% market share in terms of volume manufactured in FY23, as per F&S.

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