IVR Prime Urban Developers – Dangerous Issue.

We have carefully analyzed the Public Issue offering of IVR Prime Urban Developers and recommend value investors to AVOID the issue.

IVR has just completed one Residential project in Hyderabad. Cushman & Wakefield had valued projects using net present value of the projects in the range of Rs 4998.4 crore and Rs 5524.6 crore after deducting the developers margin, the net present value of the land reserves was between Rs 2889.8 crore and Rs 3194 crore. The per share value after deducting the developers margin works out to Rs 450-Rs 498 per share.

Consolidated FY 2007 EPS on post-issue equity works out to Rs 3.3. At the offer price band of Rs 510 – 600, the P/E range is 155-182.4, respectively. Comparable listed player according to size Ansal Properties and Infra is currently trading at 24.7 times its consolidated recurring FY 2007 earning. Nearest location-wise comparable company Sobha Developers is trading at 41.6 times its FY 2007 earning.

We recommend VALUE Investors to BLINDLY AVOID the IPO of IVR Prime. Fundamentals of the market will return and this Bull Market and Party won’t last forever. Don’t commit your hard earned money to worthless promoters and fly by night operators. Please don’t be tempted by Listing Gains or whatever stories your broker tells you. Stick to Fundamentals and Stick to Diversified Folio. You will make lot of money in the long run.

Zylog Systems – Review and Recommendation

Zylog Systems is promoted by first generation entrepreneurs Sudarshan Venkatraman and Ramanujam Sesharathnam. It is a global services provider with major focus on application development and integration including web application, web services, application integration, business Intelligence, data warehousing and mobile and wireless applications; enterprise infrastructure management and quality assurance & testing.

Zylog is a very small company 1/15th the size of Infosys. The company has business concentrations in the same verticals as Infosys does.

Current Offer:
36,00,000 Equity shares within the price band of Rs 330 to Rs 350 aggregating mere Rs 126 crore.
Fully Diluted Equity Post IPO = 1.65 Crore Equity Shares of Rs 10 each.

Valuations:
At the price band of Rs 330 – Rs 350, FY 2007 EPS (on post-issue equity) of Rs 33.2 is discounted 9.9-10.5 times.

The stock looks reasonably valued and leaves good scope for appreciation. Since the issue is very small, Investors who are lucky and have chances of allotment can blindly subscribe to the IPO. Even the fate of Rs 100,000 application will be decided by lottery. The stock will be easily listed upwards of Rs 525 as the Grey Market Premium is upwards of Rs 150.
Good Luck!!!

ABG Shipyad + RPG Cables Orders

ABG Shipyard has secured a major order for construction of 12 vessels of approximately 32,000 DWT, for a total price of US $ 360 million (Rs 1460 crore) from Precious Shipping, Thailand, as a part of its ship acquisition programme.

RPG Cables has received an order for supply of PIJF cables from Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL). The total value of the order is Rs 33.31 crore and this is required to be completed by November, 2007.

Reliance hints of fertiliser foray

Mukesh Ambani managed Reliance Industries Ltd [RIL] is planning to build the biggest greenfield fertilizer capacity in the country. The company has submitted a proposal to the fertiliser ministry to set up a manufacturing plant of global scale, up to four million tonnes.

RIL has proposed to use some of the Krishna-Godavari gas as feedstock bought at market prices. The company has been facing a huge backlash from fertiliser and power companies over the gas price it is offering them. Now, plans are afoot to take up the challenge by becoming a fertiliser player itself.

The scrip hit a high of Rs 1,932 today, 24 July 2007, also its all-time high.

Modern Dairies 1:1 bonus

At its upper circuit limit, the scrip touched its all-time high.

The dairy products maker announced a liberal bonus of 1:1 after market hours yesterday, 23 July 2007.

The scrip had touched a low of Rs 49.05 so far during the day. Its 52-week low was Rs 15 on 20 November 2006. At the current price of Rs 49.05, the scrip trades at a PE multiple of 15.67, based on the year ended March 2007 EPS of Rs 3.13.

The Modern Dairies scrip had gained 70.36% in the one month to 20 July 2007 versus the Sensex’s 7.35% gain. It added 101.13% in the past three months against the Sensex’s 12% return.

Satyam Computer plans for South Africa

Satyam Computer Services has announced strategic initiatives to strengthen its presence in South Africa.

The company is banking on a sizable number of contracts emanating from South Africa in the coming years and sees potential in providing IT solutions to the banking & financial, energy & utilities and government sectors.

As part of its global strategy, the company has also recruited and trained 50 South African technical graduates in the last one year. The first batch of 20 has been successfully deployed in projects in South Africa. Essentially an employment and skilled enablement program supporting the RSA’s BEEC, the company plans to hire almost 200 more local technical graduates, train them in India and bring them back to South Africa to associate with various customer projects.

Currently, the company serves 6 of the largest firms in the country, employs over 120 technical resources at customer locations and has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town.