Amagi Media Labs shares jump 10% after listing at 12% discount to IPO price

Amagi Media Labs listing ceremony at BSE

• Amagi Media Labs shares listed at Rs 317, 12% below IPO price of Rs 361.
• Stock closed at Rs 348, still 4% lower than IPO price after debut day jump.
• IPO was subscribed 30 times, but listing missed grey market expectations.

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The shares of Amagi Media Labs made a weak stock market debut on January 21, listing at Rs 317 apiece on BSE. This marks a discount of 12.19 percent over the IPO price of Rs 361 apiece.

The company’s market capitalization during debut stood at Rs 6,857.94 crore. The stock then jumped nearly 10 percent to close at Rs 348 apiece on debut day with a market capitalisation of Rs 7,528.60 crore. At the end of the debut day, the shares were around 4 percent lower than IPO price.

Listing performance vs grey market estimates:

The listing performance has significantly missed grey market expectations. Ahead of listing, the unlisted shares of the company were trading with 0.28 percent grey market discount over the IPO price, according to data on Investorgain.

The grey market premium (GMP) quoted by the site has significantly fallen from the 11.91 percent quoted on January 8.

Amagi Media Labs IPO subscription status:

The weak listing comes despite the firm’s IPO seeing strong investor interest during its three days of public bidding. The Rs 1,789-crore initial public offering of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company was subscribed 30 times from January 13 to January 16.

Retail Individual Investors (RII) subscribed their reserved portion 9.31 times (931 percent).

Non Institutional Investors (NII) however led the subscription numbers, subscribing their reserved portion nearly 37.36 times (3,736 percent). Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB) have booked the portion kept for them 33.77 times (3,377 percent).

About Amagi Media Labs IPO:

Amagi Media Labs launched its initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 1,789 crore through a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 816 crore and an offer for sale worth Rs 973 crore by the existing investors. The price band for the IPO was set at Rs 343-361 per share.

Investors could bid for a minimum of 41 shares, requiring an investment of Rs 14,801 at the upper price band, and in multiples thereafter. The IPO was open for public bidding from January 13 to January 16.

A day before the IPO opened for public bidding, Amagi Media Labs raised Rs 804.87 crore from 42 anchor investors on January 12. Out of the total allocation to anchor investors, 1.69 crore equity shares worth Rs 613 crore were allocated to 11 domestic mutual funds including SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, HDFC AMC, Motilal Oswal AMC, Franklin India, PGIM India, and Helios.

Insurance companies like HDFC Life Insurance, Bharti Axa Life Insurance, and Edelweiss Life Insurance also picked up 14.95 lakh shares in Amagi for Rs 53.98 crore.

Should you buy, sell or hold?

"At the upper end of the price band, the company is valued at 6.7 times FY25 price-to-sales, implying a post-issue market capitalisation of about Rs 7,810 crore. The company has turned profitable in the first half of FY26 and, aided by operating leverage, is positioned to deliver full-year profitability in FY26," said Narendra Solanki, Head of Fundamental Research – Investment Services at Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers.

"Long-term investors may continue to hold the stock, while others can consider partial profit booking and retain the balance for the long term," he added.

Mahesh M Ojha, Vice President – Research and Business Development at Kantilal Chhaganlal Securities Pvt Ltd, said the issue is valued at about five times FY26 estimated EV/Sales, which he described as reasonable. "Allotted investors may look to book listing gains, while fresh investors should wait for price discovery post listing," Ojha said.

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