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Aye Finance

Book Building issueMainboardNSE₹1,010 Cr issue
0.00%
Listing gain over issue price
Issue size
₹1,010 Cr
1 lot at cut-off
₹14,964
Lot size
116shares
Open
09 Feb 2026
Close
11 Feb 2026
Allotment
12 Feb 2026
Listing
16 Feb 2026

Listing performance

Issue price
₹129
Listed at
₹129
Listing-day close
₹128.91
Latest price
₹170.31
Listing gain
0.00%
Return since listing
+32.02%

Scheduled dates

Tentative timetable — a past date is not confirmation the step completed

  1. Open
    09 Feb 2026
  2. Close
    11 Feb 2026
  3. Allotment
    12 Feb 2026
  4. Refund
    13 Feb 2026
  5. Demat credit
    13 Feb 2026
  6. Listing
    16 Feb 2026

Grey market premium

Unofficial and indicative — not a forecast

-₹2

3 observations recorded — too few to plot a trend.

Day-wise premium · 3 observations
DateGMP%SaudaEst. listingGain / lot
16 Feb 2026-₹2-1.55%₹0₹127₹-232
15 Feb 2026-₹3-2.33%₹0₹126₹-348
14 Feb 2026-₹3-2.33%₹0₹126₹-348

Gain per lot assumes the premium holds to listing and that the application is allotted — allotment in an oversubscribed issue is a lottery, so it is indicative, not expected. Sauda is the rate paid for a submitted application itself.

Issue details

IPO date
09 Feb 2026 – 11 Feb 2026
Listing date
16 Feb 2026
Face value
₹2 per share
Issue price
₹129 per share
Lot size
116 shares
Issue type
Book Building issue
Listing at
NSE
Total issue size
₹1,010 Cr
Market cap at offer price
₹3,184 Cr
ISIN
INE501X01029
Registrar
Kfin Technologies Ltd.
Lead managers
Axis Capital Ltd.
Registered office
M-5, Magnum House-I, Community Centre, Karampura, New Delhi

Reservation and application size

How the issue is split between investor categories, and what each may bid

Investor categoryShares% of net% of total
Anchor investor · within QIB3,52,32,558
Market maker 0

Application size

Minimum 116 shares per lot, in multiples, at ₹129

ApplicationLotsSharesAmount
Retail (min)1116₹14,964
Retail (max)131,508₹1,94,532
S-HNI (min)141,624₹2,09,496
S-HNI (max)667,656₹9,87,624
B-HNI (min)677,772₹10,02,588

Category limits

CategoryBid sizeCut-off
Retail (RII)Up to ₹2 lakhYes
Small HNI (sNII)₹2 lakh – ₹10 lakhNo
Big HNI (bNII)Above ₹10 lakhNo
EmployeeUp to ₹5 lakhYes

Bidding at cut-off means accepting the final issue price without naming one. Only retail and employee applicants may do so.

Anchor investors

Institutional allocation placed a day before the issue opens, carved out of the QIB portion and locked in after listing.

Shares allocated
3,52,32,558
Anchor portion
₹455 Cr
at ₹129 per share

Valuation and performance

Valuation at offer price

₹129 per share

MetricPre-issuePost-issue
EPS (₹)9.145.24
P/E (×)14.1124.62
Price to book (×)1.71
Market cap₹3,184 Cr

Key performance indicators

Latest reported period

Return on net worth
12.12%
Debt / equity
2.73
NAV per share
₹75.63
Price to book
1.71

Single period as reported. Year-on-year movement is in the financials table below, where every period is published.

About Aye Finance

Aye Finance Limited (CIN U65921DL1993PLC283660) was incorporated on August 12, 1993 as Doda Finance Private Limited at Jalandhar, Punjab, was renamed Aye Finance Private Limited in March 2014 after shares were transferred to founders Sanjay Sharma and Vikram Jetley, and became Aye Finance Limited upon conversion to a public limited company in late 2024. It holds RBI registration as a non-deposit-taking NBFC (certificates dated December 15, 2000 and November 27, 2015) and is classified as an NBFC-middle layer. The company lends to micro-scale businesses with annual turnovers of ₹2.00–10.00 million, predominantly located in semi-urban areas, offering mortgage loans, 'Saral' Property Loans, secured hypothecation loans and unsecured hypothecation loans at an average ticket size on disbursement of ₹0.18 million, using a proprietary cluster-based credit assessment model built on over 70 business clusters (e.g., cattle, kirana, garments). As of September 30, 2025, it served 586,825 active unique customers through 568 branches across 18 states and 3 union territories, with AUM of ₹60,276.22 million. It earns revenue primarily from interest income on its loan book (85.03% of total income in the six months ended September 30, 2025), supplemented by fees and commission income, net gains on derecognition of financial instruments (securitisation/direct assignment) and net gains on fair value changes, funded through bank and NBFC borrowings, market borrowings (debt securities), external commercial borrowings and securitisation. The Company does not have an identifiable promoter; its subsidiary is FAME (Foundation for Advancement of Micro Enterprises).

https://www.ayefin.com/ ↗

Company Analysis

from DRHP

Aye Finance Limited is an RBI-registered non-banking financial company (NBFC-ML) that provides small-ticket business loans to underserved micro-scale MSMEs across India, operating in the financial services and MSME lending industries.

Aye Finance Limited (CIN U65921DL1993PLC283660) was incorporated on August 12, 1993 as Doda Finance Private Limited at Jalandhar, Punjab, was renamed Aye Finance Private Limited in March 2014 after shares were transferred to founders Sanjay Sharma and Vikram Jetley, and became Aye Finance Limited upon conversion to a public limited company in late 2024. It holds RBI registration as a non-deposit-taking NBFC (certificates dated December 15, 2000 and November 27, 2015) and is classified as an NBFC-middle layer. The company lends to micro-scale businesses with annual turnovers of ₹2.00–10.00 million, predominantly located in semi-urban areas, offering mortgage loans, 'Saral' Property Loans, secured hypothecation loans and unsecured hypothecation loans at an average ticket size on disbursement of ₹0.18 million, using a proprietary cluster-based credit assessment model built on over 70 business clusters (e.g., cattle, kirana, garments). As of September 30, 2025, it served 586,825 active unique customers through 568 branches across 18 states and 3 union territories, with AUM of ₹60,276.22 million. It earns revenue primarily from interest income on its loan book (85.03% of total income in the six months ended September 30, 2025), supplemented by fees and commission income, net gains on derecognition of financial instruments (securitisation/direct assignment) and net gains on fair value changes, funded through bank and NBFC borrowings, market borrowings (debt securities), external commercial borrowings and securitisation. The Company does not have an identifiable promoter; its subsidiary is FAME (Foundation for Advancement of Micro Enterprises).

Financial servicesMSME lending

Objects of the Issue

  • Augmenting our capital base to meet our Company's future capital requirements arising out of growth of our business and assets
    ₹6,722.42 million p.124

Issue Structure

Total Issue
78,294,571 Equity Shares of face value of ₹2 each aggregating to ₹10,100.00 million (subject to finalisation of Basis of Allotment)
Fresh Issue
55,038,759 Equity Shares of face value of ₹2 each aggregating to ₹7,100.00 million
Offer for Sale
23,255,812 Equity Shares of face value of ₹2 each aggregating to ₹3,000.00 million
Price Band
₹122.00 (Floor Price) to ₹129.00 (Cap Price) per Equity Share; Offer Price finalised at ₹129.00 per Equity Share
Lot Size
116 Equity Shares and in multiples of 116 Equity Shares thereafter
Face Value
₹2 each

Business Model

Earns revenue primarily as interest income on a portfolio of small-ticket MSME loans (interest income was 85.03% of total income in the six months ended September 30, 2025), supplemented by fees and commission income, net gains on derecognition of financial instruments (securitisation/direct assignment) and net gains on fair value changes; the loan book is funded through borrowings from banks and NBFCs, market borrowings such as listed NCDs and commercial papers, external commercial borrowings and securitisation (PTCs/direct assignment).

Business Segments

Small-ticket business loans to micro enterprises for working capital and business expansion needs; secured hypothecation loans are backed by working assets, finished goods, inventory and machinery, while unsecured hypothecation loans comprised 37.97% of AUM (₹22,888.82 million) as of September 30, 2025.
Loans against property; 'Saral' Property Loans are fully secured against property collateral (including properties with unclear title or where a charge cannot be created) together with a contract of hypothecation of working assets, finished goods and machinery.

Leadership

Govinda Rajulu Chintala · Chairman
Sanjay Sharma · Managing Director
Sovan Satyaprakash · Interim CFO

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Disclaimer. Figures are compiled from the issuer's offer document and exchange-published bidding data. Subscription changes until the issue closes, and the final basis of allotment is published by the registrar. Grey Market Premium is unofficial, indicative data from unregulated grey-market dealers — it is not published by NSE, BSE, SEBI or the issuer, and is not a forecast of the listing price. Nothing here is investment advice or a recommendation; read the offer document and consult a SEBI-registered adviser before applying.