Behari Lal Engineering IPO
Behari Lal Engineering IPO is a mainboard IPO raising ₹302 Cr at ₹271 – ₹285 a share. It listed on 19 Aug 2026 at ₹465, +63.2% against its issue price of ₹285, and trades at ₹444 today (+56.0% since issue). It was subscribed 108× in total.
108.4 times more demand than shares on offer
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What this company actually does
Read out of the prospectus’s business section, stripped of its marketing language.
Behari Lal Engineering Limited (BLEL) is an integrated iron and steel manufacturer based in Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, making customised engineered components in four product lines: metal rolls (used in rolling mills to produce finished steel like TMT rebar and structural steel), engineering castings (500 kg to 20 MT per piece for steel, mining, crusher, power and sugar industries), alloy/carbon/stainless steel bars and flats (6–230 mm), and forging ingots and forged shafts/blocks. According to CRISIL, it is one of India's largest metal roll producers, meeting 10.00–11.5% of India's metal roll demand in Fiscal 2026.
How it earns
Revenue comes from manufacturing and selling customised steel components (alloy steel products, metal rolls, engineering castings, and forging ingots/shafts), supplemented by job-work income and by-product/traded-good sales; 91.02% of Fiscal 2026 revenue came from domestic customers and 8.98% from overseas customers across 21 countries.
Who buys
As of March 31, 2026 the company had catered to 1,825 customers cumulatively, with 578 active in Fiscal 2026; 364 (62.98% retained from prior year) were repeat customers, contributing ₹4,522.77 million (84.69% of revenue from operations) in Fiscal 2026. Named key customers include Shyam Metallics and Energy Limited, Jai Balaji Industries Limited, Vardhman Special Steels Limited, BMW Industries Limited, MSP Steel & Power Limited, Maithan Steel & Power Limited, Metso India Private Limited, Laxcon Steels Limited, Madhav KRG Limited, Mangala Ispat, SRMB Srijan, Shyam Steel Industries Limited, Shri Bajrang Power & Ispat, KL Rathi Steels, Orissa Metallurgical Industry, SPS Steels Rolling Mills, Preet Brothers, Embross Autocomp, Forge Auto International, Hailstone Innovations, Amba Shakti Industries and Propel Industries. Top 10 customers in Fiscal 2026 had been associated for an average of 6 years, with several exceeding a decade (e.g., Madhav KRG – 14 years, Shyam Metallics – 12 years, Jai Balaji – 11 years). Specific revenue-concentration percentages for any single customer are not stated.
Scale
2 operating manufacturing facilities at Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab spread across ~790,000 sq ft with combined installed capacity of 119,690 MT (54,690 MT finished steel + 65,000 MT rolling mill); 667 permanent employees plus 359 contract workers as of May 31, 2026; exports to 21 countries across 5 continents (Afghanistan, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, UAE, USA, Kenya, Ghana, Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Djibouti); order book of ₹1,182.87 million (= ₹118.29 crore) as of March 31, 2026; Fiscal 2026 revenue from operations ₹5,340.25 million (= ₹534.03 crore), PAT ₹646.36 million (= ₹64.64 crore). (Note: prospectus figures are in ₹ million; 100 million = 10 crore.)
What it says sets it apart
- CRISIL-cited scale in metal rolls – meets 10.00–11.5% of India's metal roll demand in Fiscal 2026.
- Sticky, qualified customer base – 84.69% of Fiscal 2026 revenue from repeat customers (364 of them) and 21 customers with 6–14-year relationships, supported by stringent OEM qualification processes that act as entry barriers.
- Diversified across 4 product categories and 10+ end-user industries (automobiles, infrastructure, aggregate crushers, engineering, aerospace & defence, cement, power, mining, sugar, railways, oil & gas), reducing single-segment dependence.
- Integrated, overlapping manufacturing at a single steel-hub location (Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab) – SMS/Foundry division (54,690 MT installed) feeds Rolling Mill division (65,000 MT) and forging ingots, allowing fungible use of capacity; CRISIL notes most competitors focus on a single product.
- High capacity utilisation – 87.71% overall in Fiscal 2026 (94.47% at SMS & Foundry, 82.02% at Rolling Mill) on combined installed capacity of 119,690 MT, with quality accreditations including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, BIS, Central Boilers Board 'Well-Known Steel Maker' approval, PED 2014/68/EU and ZED certification.
Revenue mix
The numbers at a glance
The price they’re asking →derived: cut-off price Rs285 / stated EPS Rs16.56 (FY2026 diluted EPS (basic and diluted are equal at 16.56); calculated on restated standalone financial statements (company states it has no subsidiary/associate/joint venture, so consolidation not applicable)). Stated figures are as printed in the prospectus; margins, growth and the borrowing ratio are computed from its own summary table. A multiple is one lens, not a verdict.
The last few years in numbers
From the prospectus’s own summary financial table (Restated Standalone). Margins and growth are computed from the stated figures; everything else is as printed.
| Period | Revenue | Profit after tax | PAT margin | Net worth | Borrowings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | ₹534 Cr+5% | ₹65 Cr+22% | 12.1% | ₹306 Cr | ₹18 Cr |
| FY2025 | ₹508 Cr+14% | ₹53 Cr+48% | 10.4% | ₹242 Cr | ₹8 Cr |
| FY2024 | ₹446 Cr | ₹36 Cr | 8.0% | ₹194 Cr | ₹41 Cr |
Where the money goes
The offer →69% of this issue is existing shareholders cashing out — only the fresh issue reaches the business.
How its cohort has done
63 mainboard issues listed in 2026 that we can price today. This is the group this issue belongs to.
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How the book finished
The category split is the number worth reading, not the total.
QIB: 165× their allocation. Retail: 53×.
What we hold for this issue
Stated up front on every issue, so a sparse page reads as a fact about the source rather than a broken one.
What could go wrong
All 14risks & documents →From the register read out of the issuer’s own prospectus — each item is quoted verbatim with its page on the risks tab.
Led by Systematix Corporate Services Limited — median +18.0% across the 10 of its issues we can price. All lead managers →
What happens when
Next: the UPI mandate expires on 25 Sept 2026.
What to watch
- 69% of the issue is offer for sale — only ₹93 Cr of new money reaches the company.
- Priced at 17.2× earnings — 52% below the median of the peers the issuer itself names.
- The register's top risk: Missing educational qualification documents for 2 Promoter-Directors (prospectus page 51).
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