Wapcos Ltd. IPO Details

Wapcos was incorporated on June 26, 1969. The company is a central public sector enterprise wholly owned by the Government of India under the administrative control of the Ministry of JalShakti. It is engaged in engineering consultancy services and construction in the fields of water, power and infrastructure sectors for businesses and communities in India and overseas.

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Minimum InvestmentMinimum LotMaximum LotLot SizeNumber of SharesIssue Price BandPost Issue Promoter Holding %Issue SizeIPO Document
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Wapcos Ltd. issue details

Wapcos Ltd. has 32.5 M shares on offer

DayRetail Individual InvestorHNI (NII) InvestorsQualified Institutional Buyers
Category Reservation35%15%50%

Wapcos Ltd. IMPORTANT IPO DATES

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Listing on Exchange(s)NSE and BSE

Wapcos Ltd. NUMBER OF SHARES ON OFFER

Total32.5 M
Fresh Issue0
Offer for Sale32.5 M
Post Issue Promoter Holding %

Wapcos Ltd. FINANCIALS

Period Net Profit (Rs in millions) Revenue from Operations (Rs in millions) Cash Flow from Operations (Rs in millions) Free Cash Flow (Rs in millions) Margins
FY22 691.6 27,979.9 4,723.8 4,650.4 4.1%
FY21 604.2 25,128.7 519.9 505.4 4.3%
FY20 1,473.1 28,422.2 1,329.2 1,244.3 8.9%

Wapcos Ltd. INFORMATION ON IPO ISSUE

About Wapcos Ltd.

Wapcos was incorporated on June 26, 1969. The company is a central public sector enterprise wholly owned by the Government of India under the administrative control of the Ministry of JalShakti. It is engaged in engineering consultancy services and construction in the fields of water, power and infrastructure sectors for businesses and communities in India and overseas.

Object of the Issue

  1. To carry out the disinvestment of up to 32,500,000 equity shares by the selling shareholder (the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India) constituting 25% of  company’s paid up equity share capital 
  2. To achieve the benefits of listing the equity shares  on  the  stock exchanges

Wapcos Ltd. Strengths

Pan India presence

The engineering consultancy services and construction industry size is around ~2.0% of the total infrastructure market in India. The industry is proportional to the growth of the infrastructure development in the country

Strength

Global experience and reach

The company is operating in diverse sectors in different geographical environments covering several countries and it has served clients and completed projects throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America

Strength

Operational efficiency and quality control

Over the years the company has put in place well-established systems and controls that help its teams to consistently deliver quality consultancy services to the clients. Once the contract is awarded, Wapcos actively tracks and manages deliverables and strive to ensure that there is no breach of the contractual terms and conditions

Strength

Wapcos Ltd. Risks

Dependent on Government of India

The company is dependent on and derives a substantial portion of revenue from the Government of India, State Government and government-controlled entities, and its relationship with Government entities exposes it to risks inherent in doing business with them

Risk

Outstanding litigations

There are outstanding litigations involving the company and subsidiary which, if determined adversely, may adversely affect business and financial condition

Risk

IPO FAQs

  • The category allocation of qualified institutional buyers is 50.0%, the category allocation of non individual investors or high networth individuals is 15.0% and for retail investors it is 35.0%.