India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

Himanshu is a SEBI registered independent equity research analyst (SEBI Reg No. INH200009944). He has 10+ years of experience in buy-side equity research through his stints at CRISIL and Miras investments.
At CRISIL, he has conducted deep analysis in multiple sectors ranging from consumer discretionary to pharma/ chemicals as well as consumer staples.
At Miras Investments, his role was to analyse late-stage investment opportunities in India focusing on Pre-IPO and IPOs.

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. Our bottom-up ideas range from IPO/QIPs to special situations; the underlying criteria is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable safety margin.
As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.

India focused: IPO, special situations

Meesho Ltd IPO - Value-Led Play, Moderately Priced

Meesho Ltd Pre-IPO - Mass-Market Player Scaling on Low-Cost, High-Frequency Commerce

Meesho IPO: Garmenting a Mass Market Play for Long-Term Growth

Meesho IPO | Seller Operations and Nuances | India Internet Dynamics

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

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<li>Meesho has positioned itself as a value-shopping platform catering to rural consumers and small sellers. It charges the seller only for fulfillment and advertising while bringing value deals for consumers</li>
<li>We believe Meesho has a right to win in the value-shopping category ahead of Flipkart/Amazon with its focus on pricing vs quality/convenience. However, it may not attract high-spending aspirational consumers</li>
<li>IPO valuation at $5.6bn(5x FY25 sales) is relatively cheap vs listed e-commerce peers (6-13x). Closest peer Flipkart was most recently valued at $35bn (14x FY25 revenues).</li>
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Meesho has positioned itself as a value-shopping platform catering to rural consumers and small sellers. It charges the seller only for fulfillment and advertising while bringing value deals for consumers
We believe Meesho has a right to win in the value-shopping category ahead of Flipkart/Amazon with its focus on pricing vs quality/convenience. However, it may not attract high-spending aspirational consumers
IPO valuation at $5.6bn(5x FY25 sales) is relatively cheap vs listed e-commerce peers (6-13x). Closest peer Flipkart was most recently valued at $35bn (14x FY25 revenues).


FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN)

Meesho - Potential Play on Value E-Commerce