Honasa Consumer Limited IPO Details

Honasa Consumer, the owner of Mamaearth brand, plans to raise up to Rs 1701 crore through an initial public offering. The subscription for the IPO will be open from October 31, 2023, to November 2, 2023. The price band is fixed at Rs 308 – Rs 324 per share.

The IPO consists of fresh issue of shares worth Rs 365 crore and offer for sale of 4,12,48,162 shares aggregating up to Rs 1336.44 crore. Employees of the company will get a discount of Rs 30 per share to the final issue price. The face value of each share is Rs 10 and the size of one lot is 46 shares.

Company Summary

Honasa Consumer Limited is a digital-first beauty and personal care (BPC) company which focuses on developing toxin-free beauty products made with natural ingredients.

The company’s flagship brand, Mamaearth, is built to service core customers’ need for safe-to-use natural products. In FY23, Mamaearth emerged as the fastest growing BPC brand in India to reach an annual revenue of Rs 10 billion (in the preceding 12 months) within six years of launch. Since launching Mamaearth in 2016, the company has added five new brands to its portfolio, namely, The Derma Co., Aqualogica, Ayuga, BBlunt and Dr. Sheth’s. As of June 30, 2023, the company’s products are present in the following segments: baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.

The company sell their products to customers through omni-channel distribution networks across both online and offline touchpoints. The company’s digital-first approach in its distribution strategy enables them to incorporate valuable customer feedback across new product launches and thereby efficiently scale new products.

For the quarter ended June 2023, the company achieved 64.01% of its total revenue from operations from online channels and 33.47% of the revenue from operations was from offline channels. Revenue from sale of services that include content creation, influencer marketing services, hair styling services, franchise services, hair-styling-educational services and listing services stood was 2.52% of the total revenue from operations.

Company Strengths

  • Ability to build strong brands and replicate the playbook across other brands.
  • Demonstrated a track record of introducing new brands to the market.
  • The company follows an asset-light model enabled with contract manufacturing.
  • Customer-centric product innovation.
  • The company has adopted a digital-first approach to its distribution strategy.
  • Data driven contextualised marketing.
  • Ability to drive growth and profitability in a capital efficient manner.
  • Founder led company with a strong professional management.

Company Financials

Period Ended

Q1FY24

FY23

FY22

FY21

Total Assets (Rs in crore)

1048.02

966.41

1,035.01

302.63

Total Revenue (Rs in crore)

477.09

1515.26

964.34

472.1

Revenue from Operation (Rs in crore)

464.48

149.27

943.46

459.99

EBITDA  (Rs in crore)

29.31

22.76

11.45

-1334.03

EBITDA Margin

6.31%

1.52%

1.21%

-290.01%

Profit After Tax (Rs in crore)

24.36

-150.68

14.54

-1,332.20

Net Worth (Rs in crore)

638.26

605.9

705.62

-1,765.14

Purpose of the IPO

  • The net proceeds from fresh issue of shares will be used for advertisement expenses aggregating up to Rs 182 crore to enhance the awareness and visibility of the company’s brands; capital expenditure to be incurred by the company for setting up new exclusive brand outlets totalling up to Rs 20.6 crore; investment in its subsidiary, BBlunt, for setting up new salons totalling up to Rs 26 crore; and general corporate purposes and unidentified inorganic acquisitions.
  • Further, the company plans to achieve the benefits of listing the equity shares on the stock exchanges and carry out the Offer for Sale of equity shares. The company will not receive any proceeds from the Offer for Sale. 

Company Promoters

Varun Alagh and Ghazal Alagh are the promoters of the company.

IPO Details

IPO Subscription Date

October 31, 2023 to November 2, 2023

Face Value

Rs 10 per share

Price Band

Rs 308-Rs 324

Lot Size

46

Total Issue Size

Rs 1701.44 crore

Fresh Issue

Rs 365 crore

Offer for Sale

4,12,48,162 shares aggregating up to Rs 1336.44 crore

Issue Type

Book Built Issue IPO

Listing At

BSE, NSE

IPO Lot Size

Application

Lots

Shares

Amount

Retail (Minimum)

1

46

Rs 14,904

Retail (Maximum)

13

598

Rs 1,93,752

Small HNI (Minimum)

14

644

Rs 2,08,656

Small HNI (Maximum)

67

3,082

Rs 9,98,568

Large HNI (Minimum)

68

3,128

Rs 10,13,472

Allotment Details

Event

Date

Allotment of Shares

November 7, 2023

Initiation of Refunds

November 8, 2023

Credit of Shares to Demat Account

November 9, 2023

Listing Date

November 10, 2023

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