Unilex Colours and Chemicals IPO Review

Unilex Colours and Chemicals Limited is engaged in the business of manufacturing of Pigment, and the trading of chemicals and food colours. The pigments manufactured by them find diverse applications across various industries such as plastic, rubber, textiles, paper, printing inks, paints and coating.

The Company is led by the Promoters, who have significant experience in the Pigment & Dyes industry. Promoters include Purushottam Brijlal Sharma, Chairman & Whole-time Director; Aditya Sharma, Managing Director; Narendra Parameswarappa Kotehall, Wholetime Director; and Manojkumar Shyamsunder Sharma, Executive Director, all of whom have more than 30 years of experience in the Pigment and Dyes industry. Kabir Radheyshyam Sharma and Rohit Krishnakumar Sharma, both Executive Directors, have 9 years of experience each.

Financially, Revenue in Fiscal 2024, Fiscal 2023 and Fiscal 2022 was ₹14,932.88 Lakhs, ₹14,441.84 Lakhs and ₹15,156.73 Lakhs, respectively. The EBITDA for the Fiscals 2024, 2023 and 2022 were ₹430.57 Lakhs, ₹274.01 Lakhs and ₹100.34 Lakhs respectively. The Profit after Tax for the Fiscals 2024, 2023 and 2022 were ₹616.67 Lakhs, ₹497.07 Lakhs and ₹471.17 Lakhs respectively.

For the Unilex Colours and Chemicals India IPO, the company is issuing shares at a pre-issue EPS of ₹6.16 and a post-issue EPS of ₹4.52. The pre-issue P/E ratio is 14.12x, while the post-issue P/E ratio is 19.24x against the Industry P/E ratio is 27.57x. The company's ROCE for FY24 is 6.32% and ROE for FY24 is 17.90%. These metrics suggest that the IPO is fairly priced.

The Grey Market Premium (GMP) of Unilex Colours and Chemicals showing potential listing gains of 0%. Given the company's financial performance and the valuation of the IPO, we recommend Investors to Avoid to the Unilex Colours and Chemicals Limited IPO for Listing gain or long term investment purposes.

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