Netweb Technologies IPO: 5 Things to Know

Indian share markets have started to show signs of a much-awaited bull run. The way India markets are performing these days, it won't be long before the Sensex reaches the 100,000-mark.

As expected, companies waiting on the sidelines to come out with their public issues have lined up and are looking to take advantage of the bullish momentum.

Investors too have shown an inclination towards the recently concluded IPOs. The blockbuster performance of IdeaForge Technology and Cyient DLM on listing day further boosts the sentiment around primary markets. IdeaForge almost doubled investors money on listing day while Cyient DLM also made a strong debut.

Even the IPO of Drone Destination was hugely oversubscribed and the latest offering Senco Gold witnessed strong participation from retail investors.

Reportedly, around 80 companies have filed their draft offer documents with the market regulator.

Next week, Netweb Technologies is going live with its offer.

The IPO of IT company will open on 17 July 2023. Here are some important details about the upcoming IPO.

Issue period: 17 July 2023 to 19 July 2023

Face Value: Rs 2 per share

Issue size: Rs 6,310 million (m)

Type: Fresh issue worth Rs 2,060 m and offer through sale of Rs 4,250 m

Price band: Rs 475 to Rs 500 per share

Lot size: 30 shares

Employee discount: Rs 25 per share

Application limit: Minimum one lot and maximum thirteen lots for retail investors

The company has reserved not less than 50% shares of the offer for qualified institutional buyers (QIB). It has reserved not less than 15% for non-institutional buyers (HNI). Hence not more than 35% of shares are available for retail individual investors.

Tentative IPO allotment date: 24 July 2023

Tentative listing date: 25 July 2023

Here are five key details about the IPO.

#1 About the company

Incorporated in 1999, Netweb Technologies India provides high-end computing solutions (HCS).

Netweb Technologies' HCS offerings comprise:

• High-performance computing (supercomputing /HPC) systems,
• Private cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI),
• AI systems and enterprise workstations,
• High-performance storage (HPS/enterprise storage system) solutions,
• Data centre servers, and
• Software and services for its own HCS offerings.

Netweb Technologies designs manufactures and deploys HCS comprising proprietary middleware solutions, end-user utilities, and precompiled application stack.

It develops homegrown compute and storage technologies, and deploys supercomputing infrastructure to meet the rising computational demands of businesses, academia, and research organizations, particularly, under India's national supercomputing mission.

Two of the company's supercomputers have been listed 10 times in the world's top 500 supercomputers.

The company also caters to an Indian government space research organization and an R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India which is involved in carrying out R&D in information technology and electronics and associated areas including supercomputing.

#2 Financial position

In FY23, Netweb Technologies' sales grew by 79.7% to Rs 4,456.5 m due to growing demand.

Its net profit more than doubled supported by sales growth.

Financial snapshot (2021-2023)

Particulars	31-Mar-23	31-Mar-22	31-Mar-21
Revenues (Rs m)	4,456.5	2,479.4	1,442.9
Revenue Growth (%)	79.7%	71.8%
Expenditure Before Tax	3,826.4	2,177.1	1,331.9
% of Total Income	85.9	87.8	92.3
Net Profit	469.4	224.5	82.3
Net Profit Margin (%)	10.5	9.1	5.7
Net Worth	936.7	443.7	218.2
Return on Net Worth (%)	68.0	67.9	46.4
Basic Earnings Per Share (Rs)	9.2	4.4	1.6

Data Source: Company's red herring prospectus (RHP)

#3 Peer comparison

According to the company's red herring prospectus, Syrma SGS Technologies, Kaynes Technology India, and Dixon Technologies are its listed peers in the IT sector in India.

Peer Comparison

Company	Total Income (2023) (Rs m)	Net Profit (Rs in m)	EPS (Basic) (Rs)	Return on Net Worth (%)
Netweb Technologies	4,456.5	469.4	9.2	68.0
Syrma SGS Technology	20,921.4	1,230.8	7.6	11.6
Kaynes Technology India	11,375.2	952.0	19.8	16.4
Dixon Technologies	121,976.2	2,550.8	42.9	22.4

Data Source: Company's red herring prospectus (RHP)

#4 Arguments in favour of the business

• Netweb Technologies is one of India's leading Indian-origin-owned and controlled original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for HCS with integrated design and manufacturing capabilities.
• The company designs, develops, and implements its entire solutions package which helps it engage with its customers more holistically. This enables it to have a long-standing relationship with a marquee and diverse customer base.
• The company's R&D team's in-depth understanding of high-end computing solutions, their ability to meet advanced technological challenges and their constant efforts at innovation give the company an important competitive edge.

#5 Risk factors

• The company is heavily dependent on its handful of customers. In 2023, the company earned 57.8% of its total revenues from its top 10 customers.
• Generally, it does not enter into long-term contracts with customers, which exposes it to risks emanating from the inability to retain its established customers as clients.
• It derives a majority portion of our revenues from operations from a select few of our HCS offerings. Loss or decline in the demand for such offerings may result in an adverse effect on its business, revenue from manufacturing operations, and financial condition.
• The company faced low-capacity utilisation in FY2023, FY2022, and FY2021. Reduction in its actual production or inability to consistently achieve higher production could adversely affect its installed capacity utilization.
• A significant proportion of its orders are from government-related entities which award the contract through a process of tender. Tenders, typically, are awarded to the lower bidder once all other eligibility criteria are met. The company's performance could be adversely affected if it is not able to successfully bid for these contracts or is required to lower its bid value.

In conclusion...

Netweb Technologies provides unique business solutions to its customers. It offers unique products and services which gives the company a competitive edge.

The company has shown steady and growing financials over the past three years while its debt also came down in the financial year 2023.

Also, the company operates in a dynamically growing sector which gives it a unique growth opportunity.

However, investors are wary of new-age IT companies because of the worrisome performance given by Zomato, Paytm, Nykaa, and the likes.

Just like any other investment opportunity, Netweb Technologies has its own set of pros and cons.

Stay tuned to get further updates on this IPO and all upcoming IPOs in the market.

Happy Investing!

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