equity-service · cortex · 2026-09-30

IPO review — apply, skip, avoid

Wednesday 30 September, read at 10:30 against the live book. Tomorrow is the first listing day, and it is the one that matters. Moneyview lists 1 October at a grey-market premium of ₹13, 38.2% — about 36% after the 2.6-point overstatement — having closed at 44.17x with QIB at 58.68x. The plan has not changed since the day it was applied for: sell at the open. The case was the discount, not the franchise, and holding past the open means owning the margin question on a lender whose profit went nowhere on 43% revenue growth. A-One Steels lists the same day at 8.6%; we skipped it and that is fine either way. SRIT India closed today at 4.16x — and repeated the Orient Cables pattern. Retail 6.04x, HNI 5.25x, QIB 0.03x. That is the second issue this week carried entirely by retail and high-net-worth money with institutions absent, and it converts the retail-only call into a listing-day sell rather than anything to hold. Two skips were paid for today. Runwal’s premium collapsed to ₹2, 0.7%, and German Green Steel halved to 9.4% — both called on structure rather than on GMP, one for never covering its retail book and one for never publishing a book at all. Expected listing is the GMP percentage less 2.6 points, the overstatement backtest_gmp measured over 295 listings (r = 0.87). Applied: Moneyview HNI 24 Sep (lists tomorrow); Orient Cables retail 25 Sep (lists 5 Oct). Held: nothing in equities — the book is LIQUIDCASE and nothing else, on a day our own breadth reading fell to 36%.

IPOcallGMPGMP %expected listingapply ashorizonbook
MoneyviewAPPLIED — LISTS TOMORROW, sell at the open₹13+38.2%~+36%HNI (applied 24 Sep)Sell at the open. The case is the discount, not the franchise.Final: 44.17x · QIB 58.68x · HNI 92.71x · retail 15.31x
SRIT IndiaAPPLIED retail — closed today, sell at the open₹31+23.8%~+21%Retail only — the sHNI leg needed a 3x day-1 book and got 0.67xListing-day sell; a tranche can ride if QIB is 5x or betterFinal: 4.16x · retail 6.04x · HNI 5.25x · QIB 0.03x
Orient CablesAPPLIED — sell into the listing₹85+31.3%~+29%Retail (applied 25 Sep)Sell at the open unless QIB finishes above 5xFinal: 8.32x · QIB 0.06x · HNI 17.37x · retail 9.16x
German Green SteelWATCH — never published a book, premium halved₹13+9.4%~+7%Retail only, and only on a day-3 book above 2xListing-day sellno exchange book matched — the name differs between sources
A-One SteelsSKIPPED — lists tomorrow₹35+8.6%~+6%——Fri close: 1.35x · HNI 2.07x · retail 1.76x · QIB 0.09x
Runwal EnterprisesSKIPPED — and the premium collapsed₹2+0.7%~−2%——Fri close: 0.42x · QIB 0.96x · HNI 0.28x · retail 0.18x
AcevectorAVOIDED — covered, listed at a thin premium₹2+6.3%~+4%——Fri close: 0.23x · HNI 0.42x · retail 0.62x · QIB 0x
Shah Investor’s HomeAVOID — it covered, the call was never about coverage₹15+9.0%~+6%——Final: 1.10x · QIB 1.08x · HNI 1.59x · retail 0.90x
Vishal NirmitiAVOID — opened today, premium still near nothing₹6+2.7%~0%——not open
Nityas GemsWATCH — opened today, no book matched yet₹5+6.7%~+4%——not open

Orient Cables firmed rather than faded: ₹72 to ₹85, 31.3%, with five sessions still to run before it lists. Its QIB book never arrived — 0.06x against 8.32x overall — so the test set on Monday was not met and the plan stands: sell into the listing. It is worth being clear that the grey market is disagreeing with that reading, and the grey market has an r of 0.87 with realised listing gains. What it does not price is the week after, which is where an issue carried by HNI at 17x with institutions absent has to find real holders. Shah Investor’s Home covered, at 1.1x with QIB at 1.08x. The AVOID was never about coverage — it was profit down 44% and return on equity halving from 14.7% to 7.6% — so the call stands, but the book came in better than the one-in-four subscription it opened with and that is worth recording rather than quietly dropping.

Moneyview

APPLIED — LISTS TOMORROW, sell at the open

listed 1 Oct · closed 44.17x · band ₹32–34 · ₹1,092 Cr · ₹750 Cr fresh / ₹342 Cr OFS

best GMP on the boardHNI 15.4xPAT flat on +43% revenueD/E 2.27x
expected listing~+36%
GMP ₹13 · +38.2% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
P/E post
8.61x
RoE
15.98%
D/E
2.27x
FY26 revenue
₹3,404 Cr
FY26 PAT
₹243 Cr
retail min
₹14,994
sHNI min
₹2.10L
bHNI min
₹10.05L

The cheapest thing on the board at 8.6x, and the reason is visible in the accounts: revenue grew 43% to ₹3,404 Cr while profit went from ₹240 Cr to ₹243 Cr. That is a lender buying growth with margin, funded at 2.27x debt to equity. It is priced for that. Fifteen times on the HNI book with a 41% GMP is the market agreeing the discount is too wide for a listing pop, and nothing more — hold this past the open and you own the margin question.

SRIT India

APPLIED retail — closed today, sell at the open

28–30 Sep (CLOSED TODAY) · band ₹123–130 · ₹218 Cr · 100% fresh, no OFS

no OFS — every rupee goes inRoE 30.2%4.16x overallQIB 0.03x — the Orient pattern again
expected listing~+21%
GMP ₹31 · +23.8% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
P/E post
20.97x
RoE
30.23%
RoCE
28.79%
revenue CAGR
28.8% FY24→26
PAT CAGR
22.0%
FY26 revenue
₹450 Cr
FY26 PAT
₹43.3 Cr
lot
115 sh

The only issue here with no offer for sale: the whole ₹218 Cr goes into the company rather than to selling holders, which is the one structural signal in an IPO that cannot be dressed. Thirty percent return on equity at twenty-one times, growing revenue at a 29% CAGR and profit at 22% — profit growing slower than revenue is worth watching, but from these returns it is a quibble. Marquee anchors are allotted. Of everything opening this week this is the one worth the application.

Orient Cables

APPLIED — sell into the listing

lists 5 Oct · closed 8.32x · band ₹258–272 · ₹552 Cr · ₹320 Cr fresh / ₹232 Cr OFS

RoE 25.8%GMP firmed ₹72 → ₹85QIB finished 0.06xHNI and retail carried it alone
expected listing~+29%
GMP ₹85 · +31.3% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
P/E post
23.61x
RoE
25.84%
RoCE
23.82%
working capital
~48 days
market cap
₹3,095 Cr
lot
55 sh
listing
5 Oct

Good business at a fair-to-full price — 26% return on equity, a 48-day working-capital cycle, in cables where the demand story is real. The number to watch on Monday and Tuesday is QIB at 0.01x. Institutions bid on the last day so it is not yet a verdict, but if it finishes under 1x on a ₹552 Cr issue the retail and HNI books carried it alone, and that is a listing to sell into rather than hold.

German Green Steel

WATCH — never published a book, premium halved

lists 5 Oct · band ₹132–139 · ₹304 Cr · ₹290 Cr fresh / ₹14 Cr OFS

GMP ₹25 → ₹13no subscription figures, ever
expected listing~+7%
GMP ₹13 · +9.4% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
issue
₹304 Cr
fresh
95%
band
₹132–139
listing
5 Oct

A 20% grey-market premium and no exchange book this page can verify — ipowatch and the NSE name the company differently and the parser will not guess. That is the whole call: the half of the evidence that can be checked is missing, and GMP alone has never been enough here. Read the book directly on Monday before deciding.

A-One Steels

SKIPPED — lists tomorrow

listed 1 Oct · closed 7.14x · band ₹385–405 · ₹405 Cr · ₹355 Cr fresh / ₹50 Cr OFS

24.6x for a steel makerRoE 14.7%QIB 0.09x on day 2
expected listing~+6%
GMP ₹35 · +8.6% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
P/E post
24.55x
P/E pre
21.76x
RoE
14.70%
RoCE
12.86%
RoNW
15.43%
lot
37 sh
retail min
₹14,985

Twenty-four and a half times earnings for a backward-integrated long-products steel maker returning 14.7% on equity and 12.9% on capital. Steel is a cyclical that the market pays single digits for through a cycle; this is priced as though the cycle does not exist. A 12.6% premium is thin compensation for that, the book is barely covered at 1.35x with a day to run, and 0.09x QIB on day two of three is not the shape of an issue institutions want.

Runwal Enterprises

SKIPPED — and the premium collapsed

lists 5 Oct · closed 0.71x · band ₹290–305 · ₹500 Cr · 100% fresh

GMP ₹14 → ₹2 in a sessionnever covered
expected listing~−2%
GMP ₹2 · +0.7% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
issue
₹500 Cr
fresh
100%
band
₹290–305
lot
—

Retail has taken 18% of its quota and the issue as a whole is at 0.42x. A ₹500 Cr realty issue that the retail book is ignoring, with a 9.8% grey-market premium that leaves about seven points after the measured overstatement. QIB at 0.96x is the only part holding up. There is no version of this worth an application at ₹305.

Acevector

AVOIDED — covered, listed at a thin premium

lists 5 Oct · closed 1.15x · band ₹30–32 · ₹420 Cr · ₹287 Cr fresh / ₹133 Cr OFS

QIB literally zero0.23x overallSnapdeal's parent
expected listing~+4%
GMP ₹2 · +6.3% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
issue
₹420 Cr
OFS share
32%
band
₹30–32
GMP
₹2

Snapdeal's parent, at 0.23x with two days gone and not one rupee of QIB. A ₹2 premium on a ₹32 issue is four points after the overstatement, which is inside the noise of a listing day. Every part of the book that can be read says the market does not want it at this price.

Shah Investor’s Home

AVOID — it covered, the call was never about coverage

28–30 Sep (CLOSED TODAY) · band ₹159–167 · ₹90 Cr · 100% fresh

covered at 1.1xPAT −44%RoE 14.7% → 7.6%retail stayed under 1x
expected listing~+6%
GMP ₹15 · +9.0% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
P/E post
26.94x
P/E pre
20.07x
RoE
7.59%
RoCE
10.61%
FY26 income
₹72.4 Cr, −23%
FY26 PAT
₹13.1 Cr, −44%
op. cash flow
−₹19.7 Cr
lot
85 sh

Revenue down 23%, profit down 44%, return on equity halved from 14.7% to 7.6%, return on capital from 20.4% to 10.6%, and operating cash flow negative ₹19.7 Cr — and the ask is 26.9 times post-issue earnings, a higher multiple than the business earned when it was twice as profitable. A broker listing into a market that entered a Downtrend on Thursday, at the top of its own valuation range, on shrinking numbers. The 7.2% premium is the market's politeness.

Vishal Nirmiti

AVOID — opened today, premium still near nothing

30 Sep–5 Oct (OPENS TODAY) · band ₹220 · — · —

GMP ₹0 → ₹2 → ₹6still under 3%
expected listing~0%
GMP ₹6 · +2.7% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
band
₹220
opens
30 Sep

No grey-market premium at all. Measured over 295 listings a zero GMP has averaged −6.6% and listed positive 29% of the time, which is a coin flip weighted against you for the privilege of locked funds.

Nityas Gems

WATCH — opened today, no book matched yet

30 Sep–5 Oct (OPENS TODAY) · band ₹75 · — · —

zero GMP
expected listing~+4%
GMP ₹5 · +6.7% · less the 2.6 pt overstatement
band
₹75
opens
30 Sep

Same as above, and gems and jewellery on top of it.