Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist, Trudence Capital Advisors

Pranav Bhavsar

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist

Trudence Capital Advisors

Trudence Capital Advisors Private Limited is a SEBI-registered Research Analyst, holding SEBI registration number INH000015747. Our firm is dedicated to providing independent and unbiased research on Indian mid to large-cap companies. Trudence Capital is known for its counter-consensus views, with a focus on forensic research and on-ground primary investigations. Our research approach is thorough, involving detailed analysis of accounting practices and governance, alongside extensive channel checks.

Independent & Unbiased Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swiggy-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)</a>  and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eternal-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Eternal (ETERNAL IN)</a>  are in heavy investment cycles, with quick commerce driving capital needs and dictating near-term unit economics across India’s hyper competitive hyperlocal ecosystem.</li>
<li>Swiggy shows clearer visibility to margin recovery by June 2026, while Eternal offers faster growth but higher dependence on marketing, inventory execution, and store expansion.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> appears optically cheap but faces delayed profitability amid intense competition and overseas losses, making its lower-growth profile less attractive versus Indian peers.</li>
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Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)  and Eternal (ETERNAL IN)  are in heavy investment cycles, with quick commerce driving capital needs and dictating near-term unit economics across India’s hyper competitive hyperlocal ecosystem.
Swiggy shows clearer visibility to margin recovery by June 2026, while Eternal offers faster growth but higher dependence on marketing, inventory execution, and store expansion.

Meituan (3690 HK) appears optically cheap but faces delayed profitability amid intense competition and overseas losses, making its lower-growth profile less attractive versus Indian peers.


Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) QIP | Comparative Insights Vs. Eternal (ETERNAL IN) And Meituan (3690 HK)

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swiggy-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)</a> raised around US$1.35bn in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The company now plans to raise another US$1bn worth of fresh funds.</li>
<li>Swiggy is a business to commerce marketplace company offering users a platform for ordering grocery and household items and food delivery, through its on-demand delivery network</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) raised around US$1.35bn in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The company now plans to raise another US$1bn worth of fresh funds.
Swiggy is a business to commerce marketplace company offering users a platform for ordering grocery and household items and food delivery, through its on-demand delivery network
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and possible placement.


Swiggy Possible Placement - US$1bn Raising, Will Be Well Flagged, Might Not Be Well Liked

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

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<ul><li>On the Q2 print, overall B2C GOV grew 47.6% YoY (12.7% QoQ) to reach INR 166.8bn (in-line)</li><li>Food delivery (FD) GOV grew 18.8% YoY to INR 85.4bn (HSIE: INR 84.9bn), largely driven by MTU addition (+17%)</li><li>The segment witnessed heightened competition in terms of lowered subscription fee and reduced minimum order values, impact partially offset by platform fee hikes FD’s adj EBITDAM improved QoQ by 44bps to 2.8%</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

On the Q2 print, overall B2C GOV grew 47.6% YoY (12.7% QoQ) to reach INR 166.8bn (in-line)Food delivery (FD) GOV grew 18.8% YoY to INR 85.4bn (HSIE: INR 84.9bn), largely driven by MTU addition (+17%)The segment witnessed heightened competition in terms of lowered subscription fee and reduced minimum order values, impact partially offset by platform fee hikes FD’s adj EBITDAM improved QoQ by 44bps to 2.8%Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Swiggy (2QFY26): FD Print In-Line, Instamart Beats Burn Expectations. Maintain ADD

SBI Shinsei Bank / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, this week will probably see the last of the big listings in Asia this year</li>
<li>On the placements front, Swiggy was the main deal in the market. There are still a few lockup expiries left for 2025.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, this week will probably see the last of the big listings in Asia this year
On the placements front, Swiggy was the main deal in the market. There are still a few lockup expiries left for 2025.


ECM Weekly (15 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Novosense, JD Industrial Meesho, Cidi, Swiggy

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 13 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with flows from passive trackers of other indices.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 18.23bn (US$209m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.</li>
<li>The adds to the index have outperformed the deletes over the last 5 months and there has been noticeable outperformance in the last couple of weeks.</li>
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There are 13 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with flows from passive trackers of other indices.
Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 18.23bn (US$209m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.
The adds to the index have outperformed the deletes over the last 5 months and there has been noticeable outperformance in the last couple of weeks.


NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

India

Swiggy Limited operates an online easy-to-use food ordering application. The Company offers platform that allows users to browse, select, order, and pay for food, grocery, and household items delivered to their doorstep through on-demand delivery partner network. Swiggy serves customers in India.

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Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)

Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) QIP | Comparative Insights Vs. Eternal (ETERNAL IN) And Meituan (3690 HK)

Swiggy and Eternal in heavy investment cycles for quick commerce, while Meituan faces delayed profitability and overseas losses, making it less...

Pranav Bhavsar

Swiggy Possible Placement - US$1bn Raising, Will Be Well Flagged, Might Not Be Well Liked

Swiggy received its shareholders approval for the fund raising last night. The deal is likely to be launched today or later in the week.

Sumeet Singh

Swiggy (2QFY26): FD Print In-Line, Instamart Beats Burn Expectations. Maintain ADD

On the Q2 print, overall B2C GOV grew 47.6% YoY (12.7% QoQ) to reach INR 166.8bn (in-line). Food delivery (FD) GOV grew 18.8% YoY to INR 85.4bn

HDFC Securities

ECM Weekly (15 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Novosense, JD Industrial Meesho, Cidi, Swiggy

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 13 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% and the round-trip trade is INR 18.2bn. There are many stocks with...

Brian Freitas

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Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) QIP | Comparative Insights Vs. Eternal (ETERNAL IN) And Meituan (3690 HK)

​Swiggy and Eternal in heavy investment cycles for quick commerce, while Meituan faces delayed profitability and overseas losses, making it less...

Pranav Bhavsar

Swiggy Possible Placement - US$1bn Raising, Will Be Well Flagged, Might Not Be Well Liked

Swiggy received its shareholders approval for the fund raising last night. The deal is likely to be launched today or later in the week.

Sumeet Singh

Swiggy (2QFY26): FD Print In-Line, Instamart Beats Burn Expectations. Maintain ADD

On the Q2 print, overall B2C GOV grew 47.6% YoY (12.7% QoQ) to reach INR 166.8bn (in-line). Food delivery (FD) GOV grew 18.8% YoY to INR 85.4bn

HDFC Securities

ECM Weekly (15 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Novosense, JD Industrial Meesho, Cidi, Swiggy

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 13 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% and the round-trip trade is INR 18.2bn. There are many stocks with...

Brian Freitas

Swiggy and Eternal in heavy investment cycles for quick commerce, while Meituan faces delayed profitability and overseas losses, making it less...