IPO 2022 Review: As many as 41 companies launched their initial public offer (IPO), raising more than Rs 64,000 crore through the capital market this year. Of these, 73 per cent was Offer-For-Sale (OFS) and the remaining were fresh issues, Zee Business research analyst Arman Nahar said in his review on 2022 IPOs.

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The primary market this year was subdued mainly due to weak market sentiments, led by the Russia-Ukraine war, and inflationary pressures among other negative factors. In 2021, around 63 IPOs were launched, raising more than Rs 1.2 lakh crore through the Indian stock market.

IPO 2022 Review: Highest Subscription

Harsh Engineers IPO received a maximum subscription of approximately 75 times, followed by Electronics Mart of India’s issue which was subscribed almost 72 times and DCX Systems issue which was booked nearly 70 times.

IPO 2022 Review: Lowest Subscription

On the contrary, the recently launched IPO of Radiant CMS got a mere 0.53 times subscription in three days, followed by Five Star Business IPO 0.7 times and luxury watch retailer Ethos Limited issue was subscribed 1.1 times.

IPO 2022 Review: Highest Returns From Issue Price

As many as 30 companies, listed this year, were trading above issue price – among these Adani Wilmar, an edible oil manufacturing company, reported growth of 128 per cent, followed by Venus Pipes and Tubes up by 116 per cent, and Hariom Pipes up by 115 per cent, so far today.

IPO 2022 Review: Lowest Returns From Issue Price

Shares of AGS Transact are trading below its issue price after cracking more than 62 per cent, followed by Uma Exports down 35 per cent, and logistics company Delhivery down 33 per cent from its issue price.

IPO 2022 Review: Highest Listing Gains

With respect to listing gains, Dreamfolks Services IPO made a stock market debut at premium of around 56 per cent, while IPOs of Electronics Mart of India and Hariom Pipes also got listed at around a premium of 53 and 44 per cent, respectively.  

IPO 2022 Review: Lowest Listing Gains

Much-anticipated public offer of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) saw the weakest stock market debut as it got listed at a discount of around 9 per cent, followed by Veranda Learning down 9 per cent, and Inox Green down 7 per cent from its issue price on market debut.