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<ul><li>If successful, <keyword id="8042633" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="sona-comstar">Sona Comstar</keyword>’s IPO would be the largest ever for an automotive component maker in India.</li><li>The Blackstone-backed company supplies highly engineered, mission critical automotive components to OEMs of companies like Ford Motors, Daimler, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland among others.</li><li>The electric vehicle boom has also boosted Sona Comstar’s business, contributing 13% to the company’s topline.</li></ul>Sona Comstar, one of India’s leading automotive components makers, is gearing up to launch its ₹5,500 crore initial public offering (IPO) next week, according to media reports. The Gurugram-based company had filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) in February this year, with plans to raise ₹6,000 crore from the IPO. But <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/blackstone-backed-sona-comstar-may-launch-rs-5500-crore-ipo-next-week-biggest-ever-in-auto-components-segment-7005191.html">reports</a> suggest that the offering has been reduced to ₹5,500 crore. Sona Comstar is backed by US-based private equity giant Blackstone. Out of the ₹5,500 crore IPO, Blackstone Group affiliate Singapore VII Topco III would get ₹5,200 crore. The remaining ₹300 crore will be raised via a fresh issue of equity shares. If successful, the <keyword id="10809605" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sona-Comstar-IPO">Sona Comstar IPO</keyword> would be the largest IPO by an auto component maker in India’s corporate history. Also read: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/list-of-upcoming-ipo-in-2021-in-india/slidelist/82766975.cms">IPO watch: List of upcoming public issues in 2021 – from Zomato to GoAir, over a dozen companies have filed for a listing</a> Reports suggest that the IPO could launch as soon as next week, when the markets are at an all-time high and investors would be interested in getting in a new company in its early days on the bourses. <div type="image" title="Sona Comstar IPO Revenue Profits." msid="83369725" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Sona Comstar&amp;#39;s top and bottomline over the last four reporting periods&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Understanding Sona Comstar’s business" comment="subhead" text="Understanding Sona Comstar’s business">Understanding Sona Comstar’s business</cmsannotation> Sona Comstar is a supplier of highly engineered, mission critical automotive systems. It supplies components to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of global auto giants like Ford Motors, Daimler and back home, to Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, among others. The boom in the electric vehicle (EV) market around the world has boosted Sona Comstar’s prospects – 13% of its revenue is derived from supplies to the Battery EV segment. It has nine manufacturing and assembly plants located across India, China, USA and Mexico – six of those are in India. <a href="https://www.ibef.org/industry/auto-components-presentation">According</a> to the Automobile Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), automotive component exports are expected to touch $80 billion by 2026. In FY20, exports stood at $14.5 billion. The industry’s turnover, on the other hand, is expected to touch $200 billion by 2026. It stood at $49 billion in FY20. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Here’s what Sona Comstar plans to do with its IPO proceeds" comment="subhead" text="Here’s what Sona Comstar plans to do with its IPO proceeds">Here’s what Sona Comstar plans to do with its IPO proceeds</cmsannotation> The company’s prospectus states that out of the ₹300 crore fresh issue, ₹225 crore will be used toward payment of certain borrowings, which will help reduce its cost of finance. The remaining ₹75 crore are earmarked for general corporate purposes, which includes capital expenditure, working capital requirements and marketing expenses, among other things. Sona Comstar also disclosed that it will not receive any proceeds from the ₹5,200 crore offer for sale. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/go-air-has-filed-for-a-3600-crore-ipo-at-a-very-desperate-time/articleshow/82626097.cms">Go Air has filed for a ₹3,600 crore IPO at a very desperate time</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/pnb-housing-finance-shares-hit-upper-circuit-six-days-in-a-row-but-the-potential-upside-could-be-limited-now/articleshow/83305929.cms">PNB Housing Finance shares hit upper circuit six days in a row, but the potential upside could be limited now</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/list-of-upcoming-ipo-in-2021-in-india/slidelist/82766975.cms">IPO watch: List of upcoming public issues in 2021 – from Zomato to GoAir, over a dozen companies have filed for a listing</a>

Blackstone-backed Sona Comstar’s ₹5,500 crore IPO could open next week, reports suggest

<ul><li><keyword id="10809605" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sona-Comstar-IPO">Sona Comstar IPO</keyword> is now live and it will be open for subscription till June 16.</li><li>The total IPO size is ₹5,550 crore. The price band is fixed at ₹285-291, and each lot consists of 51 equity shares.</li><li>Analysts are bullish on Sona Comstar IPO, noting that even though it may be a rich valuation, it’s a growth story that is worth it.</li></ul>Sona Comstar, the Blackstone-backed automotive components maker, has kicked off its ₹5,550 crore initial public offering (IPO) today, with the price band fixed at ₹285-291 per share. It is the first of several IPOs launching in the next few weeks. The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/sona-comstar-ipo-would-be-the-largest-ever-for-an-automotive-component-maker-in-india/articleshow/83369745.cms">Sona Comstar IPO</a> will be open for subscription till June 16. Each lot consists of 51 shares, so each lot will be worth ₹14,841. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Particulars </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Share of issue reserved </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Qualified Institutional Buyers </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">75% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Non-institutional Investors </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">15% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Retail Investors </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">10% </td></tr></tbody></table> Sona Comstar is backed by US-based private equity giant Blackstone. Out of the ₹5,550 crore proceeds from the IPO, Blackstone Group affiliate Singapore VII Topco III would get ₹5,250 crore. The remaining ₹300 crore will be raised via a fresh issue of equity shares. If successful, the Sona Comstar IPO would be the largest IPO by an auto component maker in India’s corporate history. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="83369745" title="Blackstone-backed Sona Comstar’s ₹5,500 crore IPO could open next week, reports suggest" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Objects of the issue" comment="subhead" text="Objects of the issue">Objects of the issue</cmsannotation> The company’s prospectus states that out of the ₹300 crore fresh issue, ₹225 crore will be used toward payment of certain borrowings, which will help reduce its cost of finance. The remaining ₹75 crore are earmarked for general corporate purposes, which includes capital expenditure, working capital requirements and marketing expenses, among other things. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Here’s what analysts are saying" comment="subhead" text="Here’s what analysts are saying">Here’s what analysts are saying</cmsannotation> Analysts are bullish on Sona Comstar’s prospects. It has already raised nearly half of the issue from anchor investors, who have ploughed in ₹2,498 crore. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Brokerage/Analyst </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Recommendation </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">ICICI Direct </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Subscribe </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Motilal Oswal </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Subscribe for long term </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">LKP Securities </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Subscribe for long term </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Canara Bank </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Subscribe for long term </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Dilip Davda </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Subscribe for long term </td></tr></tbody></table> Although some analysts state that the valuation at a 74 price-to-earnings (PE) multiple is rich, they suggest the company is an “exciting” prospect. “Sona Comstar provides an exciting play on electrification and possesses healthy financial strength but valuations proposed are rich. Nevertheless, we believe the company offers a good investment case on the back of strong growth prospects. Accordingly, we recommend Subscribe only for the long term,” said ICICI Direct in its IPO note. Motilal Oswal, another analyst house, called Sona Comstar and the EV market an “emerging growth story”. “Though the valuation appears fully priced in, given its thrust in fast evolving EV space both in India and globally, the market would like to give premium to such emerging growth story. Hence, we recommend Subscribe for Long Term,” the firm said in its IPO note. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Here’s what Sona Comstar’s business is about" comment="subhead" text="Here’s what Sona Comstar’s business is about">Here’s what Sona Comstar’s business is about</cmsannotation> Sona Comstar is a supplier of highly engineered, mission critical automotive systems. It supplies components to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of global auto giants like Ford Motors, Daimler and back home, to Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, among others. The boom in the electric vehicle (EV) market around the world has boosted Sona Comstar’s prospects – 13% of its revenue is derived from supplies to the Battery EV segment. It has nine manufacturing and assembly plants located across India, China, USA and Mexico – six of those are in India. <a href="https://www.ibef.org/industry/auto-components-presentation">According</a> to the Automobile Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), automotive component exports are expected to touch $80 billion by 2026. In FY20, exports stood at $14.5 billion. The industry’s turnover, on the other hand, is expected to touch $200 billion by 2026. It stood at $49 billion in FY20. 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Sona Comstar IPO worth ₹5,550 crore opens today – find out if this EV battery player has enough juice for a long ride

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