A quick look at Unity Infraprojects Ltd. IPOInfrastructure company UNITY Infraprojects is coming out with its Intial Public Offer of 3,443,000 Equity Shares in a price band of Rs. 651/- to Rs. 732/- per share through complete book building process.
In recent times stock market has seen a lot of run in infrastructure based companies such as IVRCL Infra, Nagarjuna Construction, Madhucon Project, Patel Engg and many more. The core business of Unity comprises of varied civil projects such as bridges, roads, and other irrigation projects.
Quite a few small companies that came up with offers recently have niche businesses that set them apart from the rest. While Tantia Construction has an edge in railway infrastructure, Sadbhav Engineering had gained entry into the road BOT space in consortium with Gammon India. As of now Unity Infraprojects does not have any such distinguishing feature to command a high valuation. Its 80% of the work is located in Maharastra Region.
Now looking at the financials of the company it has a revenue of 222 crores as on Dec 2005 and its operating margin jumped from 8 to 13 %. Though these are good sings but looking at the price it is coming up it does not look attractive to invest though one can expect a gain of around 30 to 40 percent on the listing day. The consequent performance will depend upon the order it gets and also if domestic mutual funds are bullish on it.
Offer Details
Open from 19th to 24th May 2006
Price Band of 651 to 732 per share
Minimum order qty 9 shares
Lead Manager DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd.