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Deepa Jewellers IPO

Deepa Jewellers IPO is a mainboard IPO raising ₹460 Cr at ₹168 – ₹177 a share. It listed on 8 Sept 2026 at ₹221, +24.9% against its issue price of ₹177, and trades at ₹196 today (+10.8% since issue). It was subscribed 43× in total.

177
Issue price
196
Price now
+10.8%
Since issue price
8 Sept 2026
Listed on
43×Subscribed (final) · all exchanges

42.6 times more demand than shares on offer

populated partly populated we hold nothing here — the tab says why

What the prospectus says could go wrong

Read from the 433-page prospectus. Indian prospectuses list hundreds of risk factors, most of them generic boilerplate. These are the 14 specific to this company; 326 generic ones were skipped. Every one is quoted verbatim with its page, so you can check it against the document.

Severeconcentrationpage 26

Revenue 94.37% concentrated in Southern India

our revenue from Southern India was ₹ 18,181.87 million, ₹ 13,738.07 million and ₹ 10,199.85 million respectively, representing 94.37%, 98.33% and 99.55% of total revenue
Severeconcentrationpage 25

72% revenue from two products (vaddanam and CNC bangles)

Revenue from operations of vaddanam... 41.85%... Revenue from operations of CNC machine cut bangles... 30.87%
Severeconcentrationpage 24

Top 10 customers represent 64.67% of revenue

Our top 10 customers accounted for ₹ 12,460.30 million, ₹ 8,839.29 million and ₹ 6,901.89 million representing 64.67%, 63.27% and 67.36% of our revenue from operations
Severeconcentrationpage 28

Top 10 suppliers account for 91.81% of purchases

Our top 10 suppliers accounted for ₹ 16,021.93 million, ₹ 10,845.93 million and ₹ 9,582.83 million representing 91.81%, 82.32% and 96.89% of our total purchase
Severeregulatorypage 59

RBI regulation of Gold Metal Loans threatens cost advantage

We derive a significant cost advantage by procuring gold through GMLs, as the effective interest rates applicable to GMLs are substantially lower than the interest rates payable on fund-based bank borrowings used for outright purchase of gold. Accordingly, any adverse changes in RBI regulations governing the procurement of gold...could significantly impact our ability to procure gold at competitive financing costs.
Severefinancialpage 31

Negative operating cash flows for two consecutive years

Net cash (used in) / generated from operating activities (147.30) (98.64) 48.45
Severefinancialpage 75

Trade receivables ballooning far faster than revenue

(Increase)/decrease in trade receivables (1,206.27) (432.83) 18.81
Severefinancialpage 75

Negligible cash balance against sizeable borrowings

Cash and cash equivalents at the close of the year 1.04 0.96 12.01
Severefinancialpage 36

Hedging does not cover 100% of gold inventory

Our hedging arrangements do not cover 100.00% of our inventory... Hedging ratio 0.84 / 0.76 / 0.53
Severefinancialpage 39

Promoter personal guarantees and Registered Office mortgaged to Yes Bank

our Promoter, Chairman and Managing Director Ashish Agarwal, in his capacity as a guarantor, has mortgaged his property, being the Registered Office of our Company, in favour of Yes Bank Limited
Severeoperationalpage 34

Uncontrolled gold loss during outsourced manufacturing

we have incurred a loss of 5,126.89 grams, 3,654.82 grams and 9,732.92 grams of gold respectively, during the manufacturing process
Highoperationalpage 30

Dependence on 41 third-party karigars, 12 without formal agreements

we have a pool of 41 karigars, out of which, we have entered into formal agreements with 29 karigars
Highlitigationpage 53

Residual liabilities from dissolved Promoter Group partnership firms

Our Promoter Group previously included two partnership firms namely M/s Deepa Jewellers and M/s Deepa Gold... any past non-compliance, unassessed tax liability, or proceedings relating to income tax, service tax, GST, partnership law, labour law, or other applicable regulations may result in additional demands, interest, or penalties...
Highpromoterpage 47

Key management unable to trace original educational degree certificates

Our Promoter, Chairman and Managing Director, Ashish Agarwal, one of our Key Managerial Personnel, Vandana Modani, and three members of Senior Management, Madhuri Sunil Velvaluri, Aayush Agrawal and Mekalwar Sridhar Reddy, have been unable to trace copies of their educational degree certificates from the concerned universities.

Extracted from the issuer’s own prospectus and ranked by how specific and material each risk is to this company. Severity is our assessment of the disclosure, not a prediction — and nothing here is a recommendation to apply to this issue.

What’s in court

The issuer’s own summary of outstanding legal proceedings — SEBI requires this table in every prospectus. Counts and amounts are as disclosed; the disclosed aggregate at stake is ₹0.0 Cr.

AgainstCriminalTaxOther materialAmount at stake
The company0000.0 Cr
Promoters0000.0 Cr
Directors0000.0 Cr
Subsidiaries0
Group companies0

Every disclosed category of outstanding proceeding — criminal, regulatory/statutory action, material civil, and direct/indirect tax — is stated as 'Nil' for the Company, Promoters, and Directors (other than Promoters), with demand amount of ₹Nil million (₹0 crore). Company has no subsidiaries, group companies or associates (p348, p359). Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management also have no proceedings (p348). No SEBI or stock exchange disciplinary actions against Promoters in the last five Fiscals (p349). Materiality threshold for civil cases set at ₹28.29 million (≈ ₹2.83 crore) per Board resolution dated August 25, 2026 (p346). Outstanding trade creditors total ₹0.90 million (≈ ₹0.09 crore) across 12 creditors — not litigation, excluded from buckets (p349).. Outstanding means unresolved — a listed case is an exposure, not a verdict.

Source documents

What the issuer and the exchanges published. Everything else on this tab is read out of these.