During Friday’s trading session, the shares of the largest digital-first beauty and personal care company surged by 2.11 percent to Rs. 503.85 on BSE, after the foreign investor Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) bought stake worth nearly Rs. 119.6 crores in the company via a bulk deal.
With a market capitalisation of Rs. 16,307.8 crores, at 12:31 p.m., the shares of Honasa Consumer (NS:HONA) Limited were trading in the green at Rs. 502.05, up by nearly 1.8 percent, as against its previous closing price of Rs. 493.4.
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What’s the News:
Based on the latest bulk deal data from the NSE, Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore Pte bought nearly 24.17 lakh equity shares in Honasa Consumer worth Rs. 119.6 crores, at an average price of Rs. 495 per share.
Additionally, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited purchased around 28.78 lakh shares in the company valued at around Rs. 142.5 crores, at the same average price.
On the sellers side, Stellaris Venture Partners India I divested about 45.3 lakh shares worth Rs. 224.74 crores, at an average price of Rs. 496.12 per share, while Sofina Ventures S.A. sold nearly 60.15 lakh shares totalling about Rs. 297.8 crores, at an average price of Rs. 495.03 per share on NSE.
Further, Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund III, Peak XV Partners Investments VI and Fireside Ventures Investment Fund I collectively offloaded around 2.17 crore equity shares, with prices ranging from Rs. 495.01 to Rs. 495.3 per share, bringing the total deal value to around Rs. 1,079.2 crores.
Financials:
The company experienced significant growth in its revenue from operations, showing a year-on-year rise of around 19.4 percent from Rs. 464 crores in Q1 FY24 to Rs. 554 crores in Q1 FY25.
Similarly, its net profit increased during the same period from Rs. 25 crores to Rs. 40 crores, representing a growth of 60 percent YoY.
Stock Performance
In the previous six months, the stock has delivered positive returns of nearly 31 percent, as well as around 47.2 percent returns in one year. So far in 2024, the shares of Honasa Consumer have given about 16.4 percent of positive returns.
About the Company:
Honasa Consumer Limited is the largest digital-first beauty and personal care company in India in terms of revenue from operations and is the parent company of Mamaearth.
The company is engaged in the trading of a variety of beauty and personal care products such as baby care, skin care, hair and other related products, which are manufactured through third-party contract manufacturers under the brand name of ‘Mamaearth’, ‘The Derma Co’, ‘Bblunt’, ‘Aqualogica’ and ‘Ayuga’.
Written by Shivani Singh
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