2024 has been a year of many records and companies issuing shares to institutions through the Qualified Institutional Placement route have also made new records. A total of ₹1.3 lakh crore were raised through the QIP route in calendar year 2024 with 91 QIPs taking place through the year so far.
The figure is 2.5 times the figure seen in 2023 when 43 companies had taken the QIP route, raising a total of ₹52,300 crore. This is also the highest amount raised through the QIP route in a calendar year, surpassing the ₹80,500 crore that was raised in 2020.
Among the 91 companies that took the QIP route this year, six of those are trading at a price that it at least 100% or more than the issue price of their respective QIP. Here is a look at these six companies:
Coforge | Coforge had launched a QIP in May this year to raise ₹2,240 crore. The issue price for the same was fixed at ₹4,600. Since then, the stock has more than doubled in value, with returns of 104% as of Monday, December 23.
Anant Raj | Anant Raj had launched a QIP earlier this year in January to raise ₹500 crore and the issue price for the same was fixed at ₹296. Since then, the stock has gained over 170%, ending Tuesday’s session at ₹822.
Wockhardt | Wockhardt launched a QIP in March this year to raise up to ₹480 crore. The issue price for the share sale was fixed at ₹518. Since then, the stock has nearly tripled in value, crossing the mark of ₹1,500. The stock ended Tuesday at ₹1,486, a jump of 186% from the QIP issue price.
Ganesha Ecosphere | Ganesha Ecosphere had raised ₹350 crore through its QIP which it launched in February this year. The issue price for the QIP was fixed at ₹995 per share and since then the stock has also more than doubled in value rising as much as 127% as of closing on Tuesday.
Shakti Pumps | The outperformer among this list of outperforming stocks is Shakti Pumps. The company had raised ₹200 crore through its QIP in March this year, fixing its issue price at ₹202 per share. Since then, the stock has gained nearly 5x in value, rising to as high as ₹970 per share, a surge of 380% from the QIP price.
eMudhra | Another outperformer from its IPO price is eMudhra, who also raised ₹200 crore through its institutional share sale that it launched in January this year. The company had fixed ₹422 as the issue price for the QIP and since then, the stock has gained 133% in value, closing at over ₹983.