Sahara Maritime – SME IPO

Sahara Maritime Limited provides transportation, storage, and communication services for maritime needs. The company offers a range of freight services to its clients, which includes transportation management. The company has partnered with various intermediaries to provide additional services such as multimodal transportation, project cargo handling, third-party logistics, packing, loading, and unloading of items.

IPO Review
ParametersScore (0-5)Comments
Promotors/Sr. Management & Work Ethics4Well experienced promotors. No red flags as per the RHP – litigations, open criminal proceedings, tax proceedings, etc.
Company Financials2Inconsistent numbers. High debt component.
Segment Growth Opportunity3Highly competitive business. The industry is moving from an unorganized to an organized sector. The sector has a direct relationship with India’s growth story.
Asking Valuation (compared with Peers)3Asking PE is ~15x, peers in the range of 15-35x.
Lead Manager’s past performance3Avg ~45% listing day gain for past 4 IPOs. One of them was listed in discount.
Consolidated Score3.1

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