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Papadmalji Agro Foods IPO

₹69.00 to ₹72.00Price band

Bidding closed. The basis of allotment is due on 5 October 2026.

Subscription and grey market figures refresh on a 30-minute cycle. Last synced 5 October 2026. Confirm current numbers on the exchange websites before you apply.

Issue size
₹20.18 Cr
Lot size
1,600 shares
Minimum investment
₹1,15,200.00
Face value
₹10.00
Fresh issue
₹17.49 Cr
Offer for sale
₹1.66 Cr
Exchanges
NSE and BSE
Bidding dates
29 September 2026 to 1 October 2026

Final subscription

The bidding window has closed. These are the last recorded figures for each category.

Subscription by investor category, bidding day 3
CategoryTimes subscribedRelative to the highest category
QIBQualified institutional buyers86.85x
TotalTotal2.54x
bNIINon-institutional (bids above ₹10 lakh)1.66x
RetailRetail individual investors1.59x
NIINon-institutional investors1.32x
sNIINon-institutional (bids up to ₹10 lakh)0.64x
Total2.54x

Figures from bidding day 3. A multiple of 1.00x means bids exactly covered the shares offered; above that the issue is oversubscribed. Source share counts are not published in this dataset, so only the multiple is shown.

The dates that matter

An Indian IPO runs on a fixed calendar. Bidding stays open for three working days, the allotment is finalised the next working day, and the shares begin trading the day after that.

    Issue dates

  1. Bidding opensCompleted

    29 September 2026

  2. Bidding closesCompleted

    1 October 2026

  3. Basis of allotmentNext

    5 October 2026 in today

  4. Refunds initiated

    6 October 2026

  5. Shares credited to Demat

    6 October 2026

  6. Listing on the exchange

    7 October 2026

Grey market premium

No premium was quoted for this issue on any of the 12 days we hold a record for. A blank record is not a premium of zero, and it says nothing about demand either way.

About Papadmalji Agro Foods

Papadmalji Agro Foods Ltd. makes and sells papads and related food products from Bikaner, Rajasthan. The company runs two FSSAI-licensed manufacturing units and makes hand-made papads, machine-made papads, ready-to-fry papads, rice papads (Khichiya), vrat-special papads and moongodi. Hand-made papads come from the Batara-Batari model, where contractors supervise women who roll papads at home. The company also makes hand-made papads on a white-label basis for clients who sell them under their own brands, and trades in cereal pellets under its own brand. Five brands cover different categories and channels: Zhakaas, Vishal, Rozana, Diamond and Papadmalji. Raw materials such as urad dal, moong dal, spices and edible oils come mostly from domestic markets in Rajasthan. Sales run through general trade, modern trade, quick-commerce platforms and a direct-to-consumer website. As of March 31, 2026, the network reached 21 states and 3 Union Territories, and the company had 118 employees. An independent merchant exporter carries its products to selected Middle Eastern markets. India Customer Insight Fund, a SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Fund, has held an equity stake since 2018.

Promoters

  • Jai Agarwal
  • Premlata Agarwal
  • Aanya Agarwal

Financial highlights

The last three fiscal years as the offer document states them. Reading across a row shows whether the figure has grown, which is why the years run left to right.

Metric (₹ crore)Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Assets20.0725.0533.50
Total Income26.2931.7633.54
Profit After Tax2.114.725.21
EBITDA3.315.988.44
NET Worth6.2010.9316.14
Reserves and Surplus5.4510.179.32
Total Borrowing10.288.979.99

Figures are in ₹ crore and reproduced from the offer document, covering Mar 2024 to Mar 2026. A dash means the document does not state that figure for that period. A fiscal year ending March is labelled by its closing month, and where the document states a figure on a different basis the label here follows the document rather than normalising it.

Key ratios

Valuation and return ratios calculated from the issuer's financials. These are the figures the issue price is usually judged against, and the offer document carries the working behind each one.

RatioValueWhat it measures
Earnings per share₹7.64Profit after tax divided by the number of shares.
P/E at the cap price9.42xIssue price divided by earnings per share. Lower is cheaper, but only against the same industry.
P/E after the issue12.97xThe same ratio recalculated on the larger post-issue share count.
Price to book3.04xIssue price against net assets per share.
Net asset value per share₹23.67What the company owns, less what it owes, per share.
Return on equity38.51%Profit earned on shareholders’ money.
Return on capital employed46.47%Profit earned on all the capital in the business, including debt.
Return on net worth32.29%The offer document’s own name for return on shareholders’ funds.
Debt to equity0.62xBorrowings against shareholders’ funds. Higher means more leverage.
Profit margin15.54%Profit after tax as a share of income.
Operating margin25.16%Operating profit as a share of income, before interest, tax and depreciation.
Market capitalisation₹67.63 CrValue of the company at the issue price.

Ratios are stated as published. A ratio that is absent here was not stated in the document, and is not the same as a ratio of zero.

What the money is for

Every issue states its objects in the offer document. These are reproduced from it, largest first, so you can see where most of the raise is going.

  • Funding the capital expenditure towards construction of building, mechanical and electrical works and procurement of plant and machinery and installation of 250 kW Rooftop Solar Power System for setting up a new manufacturing facility at Bachhasar, Bikaner

    ₹7.90 Cr

  • Repayment or prepayment, in full or in part, of borrowings availed by the Company from banks

    ₹5.80 Cr

  • General Corporate Purposes

    Amount not stated

Who gets what share

SEBI fixes how much of a book-built issue each investor category can be allotted. This is the split for this issue as stated in the offer document.

Reservation by investor category
CategoryShare of issueAmount
Retail individual investors69.19%₹13.25 Cr
Non-institutional (bids above ₹10 lakh)19.68%₹3.77 Cr
Non-institutional (bids up to ₹10 lakh)9.93%₹1.90 Cr
Qualified institutional buyers1.20%₹0.23 Cr

Percentages are reproduced as text from the offer document. A dash means the document does not state an amount for that category. Categories are labelled using the document's own terms, which differ slightly between issues.

Questions people ask

One lot is 1,600 shares. The price band is ₹69.00 to ₹72.00, and the block is calculated at the top of it, ₹72.00. That comes to ₹1,15,200.00 held in your bank account until the allotment is finalised. If you are not allotted, the block is released and the money never leaves your account.

Bidding runs from 29 September 2026 to 1 October 2026. Applications can be revised or withdrawn while bidding is open. Once it closes, the registrar finalises the basis of allotment the next working day and shares are credited the day after.

The last recorded total is 2.54x. That figure is a snapshot refreshed every 30 minutes, so it can lag the exchange during a bidding day. A multiple above 1.00x means bids exceeded the shares offered.

Retail applications run from 1 lot to 1 lots. The retail category caps an application at ₹2,00,000, so the upper limit is whichever comes first: the lot ceiling or the value ceiling.

The registrar for this issue is MAS Services Ltd.. Allotment is published on its site, where you enter your PAN or application number. The registrar also handles the refund of blocked funds and the credit of shares to your Demat account.

Sources