Delhivery slumps over 31% in two days; drops below IPO price

21 Oct 2022 , 02:54 PM

Shares of Delhivery have slumped 31.23% in two consecutive sessions. The stock hit a record low of Rs 377.05 in intraday today. Shares of Delhivery were listed on bourses on 24 May 2022. The scrip was listed at Rs 493, representing a premium of 1.23% to the initial public offer (IPO) price of Rs 487. The IPO of Delhivery was subscribed 1.63 times. The issue opened for bidding on 11 May 2022 and it closed on 13 May 2022. The stock is currently trading at a discount of 21.15% to the IPO price. The selling was triggered by subdued Q2 business update announced post market hours on Wednesday, 19 October 2022. Delhivery informed the bourses that it anticipated moderate growth in shipment volumes through the rest of the financial year. In its Q2 business update, the company said that market sentiment in Q2 continued to remain broadly unchanged from Q1. Consumer discretionary spending remained muted due to continuing high levels of inflation, with average user spends and total active shoppers remaining flat or lower during the ongoing festive season, as per the industry reports. It added that Express Parcel volumes remained stable in Q2 and picked up towards the end of the quarter, driven by festive season sales, especially in the Heavy Goods category. Overall service line volumes for the business grew in the high teens in Q2FY23 over a large base of the same quarter last year (Q2FY22). Going forward we remain watchful of the market sentiments. We have made sufficient capacity investments in FY22 and early FY23 to sustain our current rate of growth and expect new mega-gateway and sorter decisions only by early FY24. As inflationary pressures and service disruptions due to monsoon ease across the country we expect improvement in volumes, revenue and service margins going forward, it said. Delhivery is the largest and fastest growing fully-integrated player in India by revenue in Fiscal 2021. It provides a full suite of logistics services such as express parcel transportation, PTL freight, TL freight, cross-border, supply chain, and technology services. Delhivery reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 399 crore in Q1 FY23 as against a net loss of Rs 130 crore recorded in Q1 FY22. Revenue from contracts with customers rose by 32.5% YoY to Rs 1,746 crore during the quarter. Powered by Capital Market – Live News