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Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Indian jewellery players like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goldiam-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20263:1" rel="noopener">Goldiam International (GLDM IN)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaibhav-global-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5886:1" rel="noopener">Vaibhav Global (VGM IN)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/senco-gold-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39895:1" rel="noopener">Senco Gold (SENCO IN)</a> are scaling up their LGD businesses, citing strong demand, better margins, and global acceptance.</li>
<li>LGDs offer 40–45% margins vs. 25–30% for natural diamonds, and are driving revenue growth across these companies, signaling a shift in consumer preferences towards affordability, fashion, and ethical sourcing.</li>
<li>LGDs are no longer a niche trend, they are becoming a mainstream, margin-accretive category. Early movers with direct-to-consumer reach and global alliances are poised to lead this structural shift.</li>
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Indian jewellery players like Goldiam International (GLDM IN), Vaibhav Global (VGM IN), Senco Gold (SENCO IN) are scaling up their LGD businesses, citing strong demand, better margins, and global acceptance.
LGDs offer 40–45% margins vs. 25–30% for natural diamonds, and are driving revenue growth across these companies, signaling a shift in consumer preferences towards affordability, fashion, and ethical sourcing.
LGDs are no longer a niche trend, they are becoming a mainstream, margin-accretive category. Early movers with direct-to-consumer reach and global alliances are poised to lead this structural shift.


Lab Grown Diamonds: What Indian Players Are Saying?(Part-2)

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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

P N Gadgil Jewellers / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/p-n-gadgil-jewellers" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41129:1" rel="noopener">P N Gadgil Jewellers (1742652D IN)</a> looking to raise up to US$132m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>P N Gadgil Jewellers (PNGJ) is an Indian organized jewellery player. Its product offerings include traditional as well as modern and functional jewellery designs, in gold, diamond, silver and platinum.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s historical performance.</li>
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P N Gadgil Jewellers (1742652D IN) looking to raise up to US$132m in its upcoming India IPO.
P N Gadgil Jewellers (PNGJ) is an Indian organized jewellery player. Its product offerings include traditional as well as modern and functional jewellery designs, in gold, diamond, silver and platinum.
In this note, we look at the company’s historical performance.


P N Gadgil Jewellers Pre-IPO - Strong Revenue Growth but Margin Worry Persists

Forensic Accounting

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<li>Regulatory Tangles:Promoters faced cricket betting allegations, SEBI penalties, debarment from financial markets and a litany of investigations. Legal and financial risks loom due to regulatory delays and unresolved litigations.</li>
<li>Operational and Financial Hurdles:Excessive inventory, delayed payments, and opaque related-party transactions.Weaker margins, ROE, and underutilized manufacturing hint at broader governance frailty.</li>
<li>Debt Dilemmas and Transparency Concerns: Heavy reliance on high-interest promoter loans. Governance lapses are reflected in financial metrics, raising questions about transparency and conflicts of interest.</li>
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Regulatory Tangles:Promoters faced cricket betting allegations, SEBI penalties, debarment from financial markets and a litany of investigations. Legal and financial risks loom due to regulatory delays and unresolved litigations.
Operational and Financial Hurdles:Excessive inventory, delayed payments, and opaque related-party transactions.Weaker margins, ROE, and underutilized manufacturing hint at broader governance frailty.
Debt Dilemmas and Transparency Concerns: Heavy reliance on high-interest promoter loans. Governance lapses are reflected in financial metrics, raising questions about transparency and conflicts of interest.


All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Forensic Analysis of Motisons

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<p>The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 7.93 trillion (US$106.3bn) across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.</p><p>The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.</p><p>We are just past halfway through the review period for the second half of 2021. Using data to the close on 4 October, at the next recategorization in January 2022, we see 10 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment, 11 stocks moving from the large cap segment to the mid cap segment , 11 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment, with16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-media-pvt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a> will be a part of the large cap universe, while 4 other newly listed stocks will be a part of the mid cap universe.</p><p>Historically, stocks moving to a higher market cap category have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap category over the back half of the review period. In some cases, the outperformance continues past the announcement of the changes as well. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.</p>

The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 7.93 trillion (US$106.3bn) across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.We are just past halfway through the review period for the second half of 2021. Using data to the close on 4 October, at the next recategorization in January 2022, we see 10 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment, 11 stocks moving from the large cap segment to the mid cap segment , 11 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment, with16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. Zomato (ZOMATO IN) will be a part of the large cap universe, while 4 other newly listed stocks will be a part of the mid cap universe.Historically, stocks moving to a higher market cap category have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap category over the back half of the review period. In some cases, the outperformance continues past the announcement of the changes as well. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management (Dec 2021)

<div><p>The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 6.6 trillion across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.</p></div><div>
<p>The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.</p>
<p>At the next recategorization in July 2021, we see 7 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment with an equal number of stocks moving the other way, and 13 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment with the 16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. There are 3 recent listings that will enter the mid cap segment with over 18 joining the small cap segment.</p>
<p>Historically, the stocks migrating upward to a higher market cap segment have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap segment over the 1 month and 2 month period post the publishing of the AMFI list. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.</p>
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The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 6.6 trillion across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.
The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.
At the next recategorization in July 2021, we see 7 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment with an equal number of stocks moving the other way, and 13 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment with the 16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. There are 3 recent listings that will enter the mid cap segment with over 18 joining the small cap segment.
Historically, the stocks migrating upward to a higher market cap segment have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap segment over the 1 month and 2 month period post the publishing of the AMFI list. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.


India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management

India

Vaibhav Global Limited manufactures and exports jewelry. The Company processes rough gemstones into finished pieces and exports much of its production of colored gemstones and studded jewelry. Vaibhav Global ventured into the international retail market by setting up retail stores at major tourist destinations like Alaska and Caribbean.

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Vaibhav Global (VGM IN)

Lab Grown Diamonds: What Indian Players Are Saying?(Part-2)

Indian jewellery players like Goldiam International, Vaibhav Global, and Senco Gold are scaling up their LGD businesses due to strong demand,...

Nimish Maheshwari

P N Gadgil Jewellers Pre-IPO - Strong Revenue Growth but Margin Worry Persists

P N Gadgil Jewellers is looking to raise up to US$132m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we look at the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Forensic Analysis of Motisons

Forensic Analysis of Motisons - Promoters faced cricket betting allegations, regulatory penalties, SEBI debarment along with operational hurdles,...

Nimish Maheshwari

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management (Dec 2021)

Halfway through the review period, we take a look at stocks that could migrate across the large, mid and small cap segments. With over US$100bn of...

Brian Freitas

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management

There are a lot of segment changes expected in July when AMFI recategorizes stocks and mutual funds start to rebalance their portfolios. We...

Brian Freitas

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Lab Grown Diamonds: What Indian Players Are Saying?(Part-2)

​Indian jewellery players like Goldiam International, Vaibhav Global, and Senco Gold are scaling up their LGD businesses due to strong demand,...

Nimish Maheshwari

P N Gadgil Jewellers Pre-IPO - Strong Revenue Growth but Margin Worry Persists

P N Gadgil Jewellers is looking to raise up to US$132m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we look at the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Forensic Analysis of Motisons

​Forensic Analysis of Motisons - Promoters faced cricket betting allegations, regulatory penalties, SEBI debarment along with operational hurdles,...

Nimish Maheshwari

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management (Dec 2021)

Halfway through the review period, we take a look at stocks that could migrate across the large, mid and small cap segments. With over US$100bn of...

Brian Freitas

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management

There are a lot of segment changes expected in July when AMFI recategorizes stocks and mutual funds start to rebalance their portfolios. We...

Brian Freitas

Indian jewellery players like Goldiam International, Vaibhav Global, and Senco Gold are scaling up their LGD businesses due to strong demand,...

Forensic Analysis of Motisons - Promoters faced cricket betting allegations, regulatory penalties, SEBI debarment along with operational hurdles,...