Asian Granito falls below IPO price on debut

The current price of Asian Granito is Rs 86 which is below the issue price of Rs 97.

Asian Granito India’s IPO had ended on 31 July 2007 with 4.51 times subscription. The qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) category was subscribed 3.06 times, the non institutional investors category was subscribed 10.01 times, the retail individual investors category was subscribed 4.64 times and the employees category was subscribed 1.37 times.

Motilal Oswal – Avoid

We recommend Value Investors to stay away from the IPO of Motilal Oswal. It is an expensive issue being offered at a P/E higher than PSU asset classes. Moreover, we know the internal matter about management and its acquisition of Cochin based Peninsular Capital Markets and thus give a ZERO rating to the management of Motilal Oswal. Also the network of offices that it is banking on is just a SHELL which and when if cracked is EMPTY.

Here is a research report from HDFC which expresses concern about the valuations at which the IPO is priced.

Short Term and Risky Investors can apply but Value Investors including ourselves are staying away from this issue.

Birla Kennametal + Bank of India

The board of Birla Kennametal has recommended sub-division of each of 1 (one) existing fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 10 each into 5 (five) fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 2 each.

Bank of India announced that the board of directors of the company has decided to revalue some of its properties taking into account the appreciation in their value. The bank’s Tier II capital will stand increased once the process of revaluation is completed, it said.

Net profit of Bank of India rose 51.01% to Rs 315.20 crore on 34.94% rise in total operating income to Rs 2727.26 crore in Q1 June 2007 over Q1 June 2006.

Bihar allots 13 locations to Alpa Laboratories

Alpa Laboratories has been allotted 13 locations for setting up Generic Drugs Retail Outlets by the Government of Bihar. The expected annual revenue from these outlets is about Rs 8 crore and the company expects a net profit of about Rs 2 crore per year from these outlets.

The tender was floated by the state health society, Bihar to operate an maintain generic drug shop in each medical college hospital, in each of the District hospitals of Bihar, the sub divisional hospital at Barh (Patna) and gardiner road hospital, Patna as part of its implementation of the national rural health mission (NRHM) to improve the availability of and access to quality health care for people.

Further the company has informed that the company is looking to expand upon its existing manufacturing business by venturing into drug retailing.

DLF bags Durgapur township project

DLF has clinched the deal to develop an integrated town ship on 95 acres at Durgapur in the communist ruled and Government sponsored Ter*orism state of West Bengal. The public-private participation (PPP) project envisaged by the Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA), is expected to invite investment up to Rs 4,000 crore and is to be completed in four years.

The company will utilize the services of leading architectural and engineering companies to design the township which will have large green spaces, wide roads, attractive retail and commercial spaces, an all-encompassing club with a swimming-pool, gymnasium, tennis court, card-room and state-of-the-art entertainment zone.

With this project the company reinforces its strong commitment for West Bengal. The company is developing around 5000 acre township and a textile SEZ at Dankuni, two IT parks at Rajarhat, luxury, budget hotels and service apartment in Kolkatta.

3i Infotech to implement information infrastructure project

3i Infotech is working with the Government of Goa to implement the state’s integrated information infrastructure (I-3) project. The Government of Goa also announced on 21 August 2007, the launch of GoaOnline portal which will enable citizens to access services through the internet. A unique initiative, the project also involves the setting up of 208 citizen service centres (CSCs) and a state data centre.

As part of the project, the company will build and operate the project under the State Government’s guidance as a public-private partnership (PPP) project for a period of five years. The project is a pioneering effort by the Government of Goa as for the first time, the citizens of the state will have access to a comprehensive integrated system allowing them to avail of G2C services through both CSCs as well as a web interface. Additionally, the project will also have the capabilities to provide various B2C and B2B services