Tiger Global sells 0.75% stake in Delhivery via open market for Rs 177 cr

Tiger Global, through its venture capital firm Internet Fund III Pte, has offloaded 55.13 lakh shares, representing 0.75% equity in logistics company Delhivery for about Rs 177 crore through open market on Friday.

The deal was executed at an average price of Rs 321 per equity share which is 3% discount to previous day’s close. Tiger Global in February had already sold 1.7% stake in the company through the open market in February. The American investment firm held 4.68% stake in the company as of the December quarter.

According to block deal data available with the exchanges, Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) Pte has also sold 39,26,559 shares or 0.53% equity in the company.

Meanwhile Vanguard, through its Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund and Total International Stock Index Fund, has bought about 95.60 lakh shares, representing about 1.3% stake in the company

Delhivery is among the largest logistics players in India with full-stack solutions across the value chain. It is fully owned by public shareholders, wherein top mutual funds own 11.12% and the stake held under foreign direct investment is about 59.93%.

On Friday, Delhivery shares closed 2.99% lower at Rs 321.45 apiece on NSE. So far this year, the stock has fallen 3.15%.

Later, Japanese conglomerate Softbank Group had offloaded a 3.8% stake in the company for about Rs 954 crore.Softbank is the single largest public stakeholder in the logistics company, and held 18.42% stake as of December-end, through its entity Svf Doorbell (Cayman) Ltd. Prior to Delhivery’s IPO, Softbank had acquired over 22% stake in the company.

For the December quarter, Delhivery reported a net loss of Rs 196 crore compared to a loss of Rs 126.5 crore a year ago. The company posted a loss for the fifth straight quarter.

According to trendlyne data, Delhivery has an average target price of Rs 628, showing an upside of 94.97% from the current levels.

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