Paytm's business model lacks focus and direction and achieving scale with profitability is a big challenge.
Shares of Paytm’s parent One97 Communications opened at Rs 1,950 apiece on the NSE and at Rs 1,955 on the BSE.
The issue received bids for 9.14 crore shares as against 4.83 crore shares on offer.
The price band of the issue has been fixed at Rs 2,080-2,150 per share with a face value of Rs 1 per share.
The comment comes ahead of company’s Rs 18,300-crore IPO
Shares of One97 Communications are quoting at Rs 2,290 per share in the grey market marking a premium of Rs 140 or 6.51%
Paytm IPO opens on November 08 and closes on November 10. The fintech has fixed the price band at Rs 2,080-2,150.
Alkeon Capital and funds managed by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs keen on $2.2-billion initial offer
Paytm had also kept a window for a pre-IPO round of $270 million or Rs 2,000 crore, but is unclear whether it would happen before it goes public
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