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Delhivery indicts Ecom Express of confusing numbers in its draught IPO papers, ET Retail

.Representative imageNew-age ecommerce logistics firm Delhivery Friday claimed particular insurance claims on functioning metrics through its smaller competitor and IPO-bound Ecom Express are misleading. Delhivery, in a submission to the BSE, mentioned Warburg Pincus-backed Ecom Express "misrepresented" grasp and also automation scale by stating the lot of pincodes not licensed by India Post.This is an uncommon instance of a publicly-listed organization charging an IPO-bound opponent of misstating simple facts. "Ecom Express double-counts the lot of RTO (return to beginning) deliveries as well as as a result it winds up inflating its own amount on a like-to-like basis," the Gurugram-based organization pointed out, refuting cases helped make through Ecom Express in the DRHP. 'Go back to origin' is actually a phrase made use of by logistics agencies when an item is actually returned or even the distribution is terminated, and also the products get back to the dealer. "Ecom Express double counts the variety of RTO (return to origin) deliveries and thus it finds yourself inflating its own quantity on a like to like manner," the Gurugram-based company pointed out, shooting down cases helped make through Ecom Express in its draught red herring program (DRHP). Go back to beginning is a condition used through strategies firms for when an item is actually returned or even the distribution is actually terminated and also the products gets back to the seller.Ecom Express submitted its own draft papers along with the market regulatory authority last month for an initial public offering of portions worth nearly Rs 2,600 crore. In its own DRHP, Ecom Express had actually said it managed much more than 514 million deliveries in FY24 while Delhivery clocked 740 thousand. Delhivery has challenged such claims pointing out the above stated explanation on how it considers a shipment. An e-mail sent to Ecom Express failed to promptly bring about any sort of action on the matter." Ecom Express has actually reviewed their CPS (online physical units) along with Delhivery's CPS which is not similar due to variations in the two companies' price accounting methods, amount of shipments being actually double-counted by Ecom and also material variation in their weight profile pages." Delhivery claimed the "CPS evaluation is actually challenging on a number of matters". Gurgaon-based Ecom Express intends to raise Rs 1,284 crore through concern of new portions and another Rs 1,315 crore really worth of portions are going to be offered for sale by its existing clients. This is actually the 2nd effort by the company to go public.The provider reported an operating earnings of Rs 2,609 crore in monetary 2024, versus Rs 2,553 crore the previous year, while its own net loss limited to Rs 255 crore coming from Rs 428 crore.
Published On Sep 14, 2024 at 09:16 AM IST.




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