Wipro's mega buyback, worth Rs 12,000 crore, hit Dalal Street on Thursday, June 22. India's fourth largest IT company by market value, Wipro launched its largest-ever share buyback programme to purchase 26.96 crore shares at Rs 445 apiece through the tender route. The price of the Wipro share buyback marks a premium of 15.3 per cent over the market price.
The share buyback window will close on June 29. For retail investors, Wipro has reserved four crore shares under the buyback — about 15 per cent of the total shares.

Should you participate in Wipro's latest buyback offer?

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"Shareholders should definitely tender their shares in the Wipro buyback offer," Sandeep Jain, Director at Tradeswift Broking, told Zee Business. 
"Wipro, TCS and Infosys started the buyback culture in India, and have rewarded investors heftily... Shareholders should encash this opportunity," said Jain, in conversation with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi. ALSO READ: Anil Singhvi's market strategy for the day  Even an expected acceptance ratio of 50 per cent will translate to a good return for participants, he added. 

ICICIdirect suggests shareholders to participate in the buyback offer, especially retail investors. 

"This is a high risk trade in which acceptance ratio continuously varies. We have arrived at a breakeven price of Rs 290 per share based on the assumption of a 60 per cent acceptance ratio. However, if the acceptance ratio changes to 35 per cent, the breakeven would be at Rs 350 per share. We do believe that the acceptance ratio is likely to be north of 60 per cent," the brokerage said in a report, dated May 19. 

Here's the likely scenario for the Wipro buyback, as described by ICICIdirect:

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