IPOs: A Performance Update

We are not big fans of IPOs at StockViz (here, here). As an asset class, they are a bit like playing chutes-and-ladders. Even if you manage to roll into a few ladders, there are plenty of chutes that can take you down to zero.

To see if IPOs make sense as an investment, you should compare their returns to a broader index. On one hand, we have the S&P BSE IPO index that tracks the value of companies for two years after listing. And on the other, we have the BSE 100 index that tracks the top 100 stocks my market value. By comparing the returns of the two indices, we can get a fair idea of what we are getting into.

BSE IPO Index 2005-today

A buy-and-hold investor in the index at the beginning of 2005 would still be underwater after the bust of 2008. And to make matters worse, the BSE 100 index has trounced the IPO index.

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BSE IPO Index 2005-2010

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BSE IPO Index 2010-today

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IPOs on NSE since 2013

8KMILES
2014-01-29
+130.05%
AGARIND
2014-05-26
-45.53%
AGRITECH
2014-01-28
-79.37%
ANKITMETAL
2013-03-14
-65.29%
ARCOTECH
2014-04-16
+109.74%
ATULAUTO
2013-06-26
+277.10%
BUTTERFLY
2014-04-28
-12.57%
CAPLIPOINT
2014-06-23
+123.21%
CASTROLIND
2014-03-14
+19.52%
CEREBRAINT
2013-06-26
-61.25%
CNOVAPETRO
2014-01-01
-9.73%
DUNCANSLTD
2013-07-05
+16.70%
FCEL
2013-07-04
+38.17%
FLFL
2013-10-01
-35.45%
GSCLCEMENT
2013-05-15
+71.76%
GULFCORP
2014-06-26
-13.61%
GULFOILLUB
2014-07-31
+17.04%
HATSUN
2014-06-20
+10.28%
IBULHSGFIN
2013-07-23
+38.09%
INTEGRA
2013-08-20
-64.66%
JPOLYINVST
2013-11-11
+40.20%
JUSTDIAL
2013-06-05
+183.46%
LYPSAGEMS
2013-11-05
+1.31%
MAKE
2014-06-30
+72.51%
MMWL
2014-03-26
+56.67%
MOHITIND
2013-03-14
-38.16%
NAKODA
2013-03-14
-58.05%
NATHBIOGEN
2014-01-28
+632.86%
NGCT
2013-11-12
-32.08%
NIBL
2013-04-09
+214.95%
ORBTEXP
2013-11-05
+112.96%
ORIENTCEM
2013-07-12
+105.70%
PFRL
2013-07-17
-33.22%
PILIND
2013-10-07
+230.77%
REPCOHOME
2013-04-01
+172.19%
SDBL
2014-03-18
-13.60%
SFCL
2013-10-24
+72.90%
SREEL
2014-01-01
-11.07%
SUJANATWR
2013-09-11
+103.87%
VIMALOIL
2013-05-21
+75.39%
VIVIDHA
2013-05-21
-3.51%
VMART
2013-02-20
+91.39%
WELENTRP
2014-07-11
+221.25%
WONDERLA
2014-05-09
+80.04%
The NSE does not have an IPO index. So we had a look at all the stocks listed since January 2013.

There have been twice as many winners as losers since 2013 and the chatter around the ‘IPO market heating up’ has been getting louder. However, investors would do well to keep the big picture in mind before jumping into that hot new IPO that their brokers are selling.

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