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M and B Switchgears Ltd IPO Review (Avoid)

Review By Dilip Davda on September 24, 2011

M and B Switchgears Ltd.(MnB): The company is promoted by Mundra family. It is engaged in manufacturing of distribution transformers, power transformers, furnace/rectifier transformers and special purpose transformers. Company is in this business for more than 30 years and is a preferred supplier of quality transformers. Existing annual production capacity of the company is in terms of KVA is 75,000 KVA of transformer per month on single shift basis and annual aggregate capacity is 9,00,000 KVA per annum. It has capacity to manufactures 5,109 transformers per annum. MnB's  client base include almost all electricity boards, reputed industrial groups which include steel, power, pharma, textile, automobile etc., public sector companies like NCL, SECL, WCL, Ordanace factory & various other government utilities.

Now the company is planning to set up new grid connected to 4MWp solar photovoltaic power plant and to raise general corpus fund. To part finance this, the company is coming out with a book building process IPO of 5000000 equity share of Rs. 10 each within a price band of Rs. 180-186. The issue opens for subscription on 28.09.11 and closes on 05.10.11. Minimum application is to be made for 30 shares and in multiples thereafter.

D & A Financial Services Private Limited is the sole BRLM while Bigshare Services Pvt Ltd. is the registrar to the issue. Shares will be listed on BSE and NSE. ICRA has assigned IPO Grade 2 to this issue indicating at Below Average Fundamentals of the company.

As far as BRLM is concerned, it brought two IPOs in the recent past and both have failed to give positive returns on the debut day to investors. The recent one being Brookes Labs Ltd.

On financial front, the company posted net profit of Rs. 0.79 crore on a turnover of Rs. 33.99 crore for the fiscal 2010-11 that gives an EPS of Rs. 0.04 per share at the lower price band and thus asking price is exorbitant and is also at a  18 P/BV.


Conclusion / Investment Strategy

Avoid. the company posted net profit of Rs. 0.79 crore on a turnover of Rs. 33.99 crore for the fiscal 2010-11 that gives an EPS of Rs. 0.04 per share at the lower price band and thus asking price is exorbitant and is also at a 18 P/BV.

Reviewer recommends Avoid to the issue.

Review By Dilip Davda on September 24, 2011

Review Author

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About Dilip Davda

Dilip Davda, a freelance journalist

Dilip Davda is veteran journalist associated with stock market since 1978. He is contributing to print and electronic media on stock markets/insurance/finance since 1985.

Dilip Davda is a leading reviewer of public issues and NCDs in the primary stock market in India. The knowledge he gained over 3 decades while working in the stock market and a strong relationship with popular lead managers makes his reviews unique. His detail fundamental and financial analysis of companies coming up with IPO helps investors in the primary stock market. Dilip Davda has a special interest in analyzing the SME companies and writing reviews about their public issues. His reviews are regularly published online and in news papers.

(Dilip Davda -SEBI registered Research Analyst-Mumbai,

Registration no. INH000003127 (Perpetual)

Email id: dilip_davda@rediffmail.com ).

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