5 interesting IPOs to watch in 2011

Let's take a look at five of the most lucrative public offers in 2011.

Micromax IPO
India's biggest domestic mobile handset seller Micromax Informatics is expected to go public early in 2011. The company filed its prospectus late last month. The company is expecting to raise 426 crore through the offer. The company will use 50 percent of the IPO proceeds to set up a handset manufacturing plant in India while the rest would be spent in areas such as marketing and expansion. Micromax, according to IDC, has a 4.1 percent market share in India and is now valued at over $1 billion. M Financial, Citigroup, Edelweiss and Nomura are the book running lead managers to the issue. For the year ended March 2010, Micromax had sales of 1,600 crore on selling over 70 lakh handsets, with a net profit of 200 crore, as against revenue and profit of 350 crore and 35 crore respectively for the previous year.

Tata Autocomp Systems IPO
Auto parts maker Tata Autocomp Systems is to enter capital markets so as to raise 750 crore through an Initial IPO which include equity shares of 10 each. As per the prospectus, shareholders including Tata Motors, Tata Sons, Tata Capital and Tata Industries will together sell nearly 35.63 million shares in the company. The Book Running Lead Managers to the offer are JM Financial Consultants, Tata Capital Markets and JP Morgan India. The issue will dilute the company's post-issue equity capital by at least 25 percent. The company reported 41.77 crore net profit for the year ended March 31, 2010. For the half year ended September 30, 2010, profit stood at 35.62 crore.

IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services IPO
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) co-promoted oil EPC firm, IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services is all set to hit the capital market with an IPO of 800 crore before March. The company had filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI for the IPO in September which entails marginal divestment by its existing owners and issue of fresh shares. Proceeds of the IPO are to be used for a capital expenditure of 1,920 crore for setting up a facility in Paradip and 350 crore outlay planned for a unit in Raipur. The public issue involves sale of 58.19 million fresh shares and offer for sale (divesment) of 14.59 million shares by the promoters. The company posted consolidated revenues of 15.2 billion with an EBITDA margin of 18.5 percent and net margin of 8.8 percent during FY10. The sole Book running lead manager to the issue is Enam Securities.

L&T Finance IPO
L&T Finance, the financial arm of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has filed for an IPO to raise 1.500 crore, which is expected to hit the capital market in the fourth quarter of FY2011. The dilution for L&T Finance IPO will be around 10-12 percent. The company intends to utilize the proceeds from the issue to meet the capital adequacy requirements to support the future growth in their business. The book running lead managers to the issue are HSBC, Citigroup, JM Financial, Barclays Capital, and Credit Suisse. The company's market capitalization stands at 120,193.44 crore. L&T announced a 32 percent rise in net profit for the quarter ended September 2010 at 765 crore on an 18 percent revenue growth.

HPCL-Mittal Energy (HMEL) IPO
The joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Singapore-based Mittal Energy Investment, HPCL-Mittal Energy (HMEL) is going to sell 10 percent stake each in the Bathinda refinery in a public offering in Q4 of 2011. The IPO is expected to raise 1,000-1,500 crore. Both HPCL and Mittal Energy hold stake of 49 percent each in the company, while the financial institutions hold the rest 2 percent. HPCL reported a net profit of 2,089.61 crores for the second quarter ended September 30, 2010 compared with a loss of 136.68 crores in the same period last year.