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The Indore-based carbon credit firm’s valuation has zoomed from under $10 million to over $1 billion in just 10 months. What’s the story?
Editor's note: It was the kind of initial public offering of shares one would hardly pay any attention to. An IPO by a company with Rs 66 crore revenue, looking to raise a mere Rs 18 crore and list on BSE's small and medium enterprise platform. Besides, the issue was being lead-managed by an obscure investment banker. But those shares were the best performers in the market last year, rising 10,000% in a matter of 10 months. EKI Energy Services, in its public issue last April, offered 1.8 million shares at Rs 102 each. The stock opened at Rs 140, but three months later its price had jumped 10 times. By December it was already up 100 times, having crossed Rs 10,000 a share. The company’s market capitalization went from Rs 70 crore at the time of the public issue to over Rs 7,500 crore when the stock hit a peak of Rs 12,599 last month. It now trades at Rs 9,355, valuing the company at Rs 6,431 crore. That’s not all. EKI Energy, which was incorporated in 2011 and advises clients …
The Indore-based carbon credit firm’s valuation has zoomed from under $10 million to over $1 billion in just 10 months. What’s the story?
Editor's note: It was the kind of initial public offering of shares one would hardly pay any attention to. An IPO by a company with Rs 66 crore revenue, looking to raise a mere Rs 18 crore and list on BSE's small and medium enterprise platform. Besides, the issue was being lead-managed by an obscure investment banker. But those shares were the best performers in the market last year, rising 10,000% in a matter of 10 months. EKI Energy Services, in its public issue last April, offered 1.8 million shares at Rs 102 each. The stock opened at Rs 140, but three months later its price had jumped 10 times. By December it was already up 100 times, having crossed Rs 10,000 a share. The company’s market capitalization went from Rs 70 crore at the time of the public issue to over Rs 7,500 crore when the stock hit a peak of Rs 12,599 last month. It now trades at Rs 9,355, valuing the company at Rs 6,431 crore. That’s not all. EKI Energy, which was incorporated in 2011 and advises clients …
FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.
Surprisingly strong metrics alongside aggressive expansion mask a lurking balance-sheet risk. Moreover, competition is not going to be kind to the retail giant any time soon.
Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.
FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.
Surprisingly strong metrics alongside aggressive expansion mask a lurking balance-sheet risk. Moreover, competition is not going to be kind to the retail giant any time soon.
Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.
