EaseMyTrip IPO is set to open on Monday — price band for the issue set at ₹186 to ₹187 per share

• The IPO of EaseMyTrip will open on March 8 and remain open till March 10.
  
• The company has set the price band for the issue at ₹186 to ₹187 per share.
  
• The OTA offers a range of products and services for end-to-end travel solutions, from airline tickets to rail tickets and bus tickets to taxis, holiday packages, and much more.
  
• EaseMyTrip.com is the second largest online travel agency in India in terms of booking volume in the nine months ended December 31.

The ₹510 crore initial public offering (IPO) of India’s second-largest online travel agency EaseMyTrip.com will hit the capital markets next week. The IPO will open on March 8 and remain open till March 10.

The Delhi-based online travel agency Easy Trip Planners operate EaseMyTrip.com. The offer comprises an offer for sale of up to ₹255 crore by its promoters Nishant Pitti and Rikant Pitti, holding 49.81% and 49.68%, respectively, in the company.

The company has set the price band for the issue at ₹186 to ₹187 per share.

The online travel agency (OTA) offers a range of products and services for end-to-end travel solutions, from airline tickets to rail tickets and bus tickets to taxis, holiday packages, hotels, and much more. This would be the tenth initial public offering this year after Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), Indigo Paints, Home First Finance Company (HFFC), Stove Kraft, Brookfield India REIT, Nureca and RailTel recently concluded their listings.

Easy Trip Planners IPO opens next week


Once the IPO is concluded, the equity shares will be listed on both the exchanges — BSE and NSE. Axis Capital and JM Financial are the book running lead managers for its public offering IPO.

Easy Trip Planners IPO: All you need to know

• According to the CRISIL Report, EaseMyTrip.com was the only profitable online travel agency among other key agencies in India in the fiscal years 2018 to 2020. The other key players in India include Cleartrip, MakeMyTrip and Yatra Online.
• EaseMyTrip.com is the second largest online travel agency in India in terms of booking volume in the nine months ended December 31.
• The company has been consistently profitable over the past three years, with its profit growing from ₹3 lakh in 2018 to 32.9 crores in 2020.
• In terms of annual growth in operating revenues during FY 2018 to FY2020, Easy Trip Planners Limited recorded the fastest growth at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 19%, among key online travel agencies in India like MakeMyTrip Limited and Yatra Online.
• Indian OTA industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1% to 2% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2023 in terms of gross booking revenues.

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