Out of the 166 SME companies listed, 136 closed higher on debut and 24 companies recorded over 99.5% gains on listing day. Goyal Salt had the highest listing day gains at 258% followed by Sungarner Energies and Basilic Fly Studio with 216% and 193.4% gains, respectively. The most visible aspect of SME IPOs was the subscription rates, said FYERS. Fifty-one companies reported a subscription rate of over 100 times while 12 witnessed subscription rates more than 300 times.
Not all geopolitical events have the same effect on different sectors and segments of the market. One such segment is the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector, which consists of companies that have a market capitalization of less than Rs 500 crore and are listed on the dedicated platforms of BSE SME and NSE Emerge.
Out of the 105 SME IPOs that got listed on Dalal Street so far in the calendar year 2023, a majority 84 have given positive returns. This translates into a win rate of 80%, which means four out of every five SME IPOs made money.