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In Tuesday’s intraday trade on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), shares of Kalyan Jewelers India (KJIL) dropped 11% to Rs 105.60 after over 3% of the company’s equity changed hands through block deals.
09:28 am; At Rs 108.65, KJIL was down 8.4%. On the NSE, approximately 33.8 million shares were traded, or 3.3% of the company’s total equity. According to exchange data, approximately 5.8 million shares, or 0.56% of Kalyan Jewelers’ total equity, are held on the BSE. It was not immediately known who the buyers and sellers were.
As per a media report, Warburg Pincus, one of the critical financial backers in KJIL, planned to sell 2.5 percent stake in the organization through a block bargain today. The shares were sold by Hydel Investments, whose subsidiary Warburg Pincus has invested in the jewelry company, as reported in CNBC TV-18.
According to shareholding pattern data, Highdell Investment Ltd. owned 271.54 million KJIL shares, or 26.36 percent, as of December 31, 2022.
As a result, in the year 2023, KJIL has underperformed the market, falling 16%, while the Nifty 50 has fallen around 7%. On December 29, 2022, the stock reached a record high of Rs 134.20. On March 26, 2021, the company made its public stock market debut. In an initial public offering (IPO), it sold shares for Rs 87 each.
According to the company, Kalyan is one of the top five retail gold jewelry companies in India, holding approximately 6% of the organized market share. Across 21 Indian states and union territories, KJIL has 138 showrooms. Additionally, the company operates 31 showrooms in four Middle Eastern nations.
In the meantime, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) updated KJIL’s outlook on March 20, 2023, elevating it from stable to positive, maintaining its “Ind A” long-term issuer rating.
The rating agency stated in its justification that “a significant improvement in operating performance coupled with improvement in liquidity position, with consolidated net leverage falling below 2.5x on an ongoing basis may warrant positive rating action.”
It added that the outlook has been downgraded because of any deterioration in KJIL’s operating performance or any unannounced debt-financed capital expenditure that would have a negative impact on the company’s liquidity position or net leverage. Can be changed back. Stable.
