Dachepalli Publishers IPO Opens for Subscription Status Today; Price Band between ₹100.00 and ₹102.00 Per Share

Mumbai, 22 December 2025: Hyderabad-based Dachepalli Publishers’s ₹40.39 crore initial public offering (IPO) opens for subscription status today, 22 December 2025. The IPO is a book build issue of ₹40.39 crores comprising entirely a fresh issue of 0.40 crore shares. Ahead of the SME IPO, Dachepalli Publishers had collected over ₹11.4 Cr from Anchor Investors.

Dachepalli Publishers Limited is an Indian company that is involved in the business of publishing. The company is engaged mainly in the publication of educational content comprising school textbooks, reference books and other academic materials for a variety of school and college-level curricula. 

Dachepalli Publishers Price Band between ₹100.00 to ₹102.00 Per Share; Lot Size at 1200 Shares

Dachepalli Publishers IPO is a book build issue of ₹40.39 crores. The issue is entirely a fresh issue of 0.40 crore shares of ₹40.39 crore. 

Dachepalli Publishers IPO bidding opened for subscription status on December 22, 2025 and will close on December 24, 2025. The allotment for the Dachepalli Publishers IPO is expected to be finalised on December 26, 2025. Dachepalli Publishers IPO will list on BSE SME with a tentative listing date fixed as December 30, 2025.

Dachepalli Publishers IPO price band is set at ₹100.00 to ₹102.00 per share. The lot size for an application is 1,200. The minimum amount of investment required by an individual investor (retail) is ₹2,44,800.00 (2,400 shares) (based on upper price). The minimum lot size investment for HNI is 3 lots (3,600 shares), amounting to ₹3,67,200.

Synfinx Capital Pvt.Ltd. is the book running lead manager and Bigshare Services Pvt.Ltd. is the registrar of the issue. The Market Maker of the company is JSK Securities & Services Pvt.Ltd.

Dachepalli Publishers IPO Proceeds to be Used towards Fund Working Capital and Debt Repayment

The net proceeds from the fresh issue to the tune of ₹25 crore will be used to part finance the requirement of working capital, funds worth ₹6 crore will be used for repayment of debt and general corporate purposes.

Dachepalli Publishers IPO Reservation and Anchor Investors

In terms of IPO reservation, Dachepalli Publishers IPO offers total 39,60,000 shares. Out of which, 18,78,000 (47.42%) has been allocated to QIB, 7,52,400 (19.00%) to QIB (Ex- Anchor), 5,65,200 (14.27%) to NII, 13,17,600 (33.27%) to RII and 11,25,600 (28.42%) to Anchor investors.

The company has allotted more than 11.25 lakh equity shares at an anchor investor price of Rs 102 per equity share to five entities, INTI Capital VCC, Rajasthan Global Securities, Saint Capital Fund, Unicorn Fund and LRSD Securities, aggregating to Rs 11.48 crore, the company said in a statement.

Dachepalli Publishers Ltd Records Revenue Growth of 26% and ROE at 32%

Dachepalli Publishers Ltd. had showed consistent growth from year to year during FY24 and FY25. Total revenue grew by 26% from ₹50.90 crore in FY24 to ₹64.25 crore in FY25. Profit after tax registered stronger growth, up by 128% from ₹3.32 crore to ₹7.56 crore. EBITDA increased to ₹12.83 crore from ₹7.39 crore. Net worth increased to ₹27.32 cr on the back of improved reserves and total assets expanded to ₹104.34 cr, indicating balance sheet stability.

Dachepalli Publishers Ltd. exhibited strong return and margin ratios in FY25 from a metrics perspective. Return on equity was 32.12% and Return on capital employed was 18.22% indicating good usage of capital. Return on net worth was 27.68%. The company continued to generate solid profit with a PAT margin of 11.83% and an EBITDA margin of 19.53%. The price to book value ratio (P/BV) was 4.11 which highlights the market valuation as against its net worth.

Source: https://www.bseindia.com/markets/publicIssues/DisplayIPO.aspx?id=4370&type=IPO&idtype=1&status=L&IPONo=7512&startdt=22/Dec/2025

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