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Shree Balaji (Mala) Textiles IPO

Shree Balaji (Mala) Textiles IPO is a sme IPO raising ₹19 Cr at ₹66 – ₹70 a share. The smallest application you can make is 2000 shares, costing ₹1,40,000 at the top of the band. Bidding has closed; the shares list on 29 Jul 2026. So far it has been subscribed 0.00× in total.

66 – 70
Price band
1,40,000
Minimum to apply (2000 shares)
19 Cr
Issue size
24 Jul 2026
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What this company actually does

Read out of the prospectus’s business section, stripped of its marketing language.

Shree Balaji (Mala) Textiles Limited is a B2B contract manufacturer and wholesaler of cotton sarees, sold under the brand 'Mala Saree'. About 95% of manufacturing is done through ~200 job workers based in textile hubs across India, with one owned manufacturing facility at Jetpur, Gujarat. Its products reach ~3,000 retailers through a network of ~105 brokers, ~13 dealers and 69 wholesalers across India.

How it earns

Revenue comes from designing, manufacturing (largely via job workers) and selling cotton and other sarees on a B2B wholesale basis to dealers, wholesalers and retailers, supplemented by a small e-commerce channel.

Who buys

B2B wholesale customers (dealers, wholesalers, retailers); customer names not disclosed. Concentration in FY2026 (converting lakhs to crore, 1 crore = 100 lakhs): Top 1 customer ~₹8.12 crore (3.83% of revenue), Top 5 customers ~₹25.44 crore (12.00%), Top 10 customers ~₹39.41 crore (18.59%). About 50% of revenue comes from direct client relationships.

Scale

Sold ~74 lakh saree units in FY2026; total revenue ~₹211.97 crore (₹21,197.18 lakhs); owns one manufacturing facility at Jetpur, Gujarat (~9-14 guntha); ~95% output via 200+ job workers; 47 employees plus ~5 daily-wage workers (as on filing date).

What it says sets it apart

  • Long-standing supply network across major textile hubs (Surat, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jetpur, Rajkot) with 100+ raw material suppliers; top 10 suppliers accounted for 47.83% of purchases in FY2026.
  • Asset-light operating model: ~95% of products manufactured through 200+ job workers, allowing scale-up without major capex; job-worker cost was ~₹60.72 crore in FY2026 (28.64% of revenue).
  • Pan-India wholesale reach through ~105 brokers, ~13 dealers, 69 wholesalers and ~3,000 retailers (as of 31 March 2026).
  • Bulk-procurement and inventory capacity: own showroom spanning 3,774 sq ft in Kolkata's cloth market plus 4 nearby warehouses.
  • ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system with multi-stage inspection at job-worker units and in-house facility.

Revenue mix

Cotton Sarees 90.75%Embroidery Sarees 8.85%Fancy Sarees 0.41%

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.

PeriodRevenueProfit after taxPAT marginNet worthBorrowings
FY2026212 Cr+10%6 Cr+18%2.8%28 Cr69 Cr
FY2025193 Cr-1%5 Cr+101%2.6%22 Cr49 Cr
FY2024196 Cr2 Cr1.3%17 Cr51 Cr

What happens when

21 Jul 2026Pre-apply opens
22 Jul 2026Bidding opens
24 Jul 2026Bidding closes
28 Jul 2026Allotment finalised — you find out what you got
28 Jul 2026Money refunded to unsuccessful bidders
29 Jul 2026Shares list and start trading
4 Sept 2026UPI mandate expires

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Category split — who bidQIB, non-institutional and retail, with sub-splits
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Lead managers and registrarNot published — smaller SME issues often name none
Official documents1 document
Performance since listingArrives on the listing date

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Median return since issue price
48.1%
Now trading below their issue price

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