Jio IPO Draws Highest Ever Bids for IPOs in India: Gets ₹7.4 Lakh Crore Subscription Offers As Bidding Closes
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Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms completed its landmark initial public offering on Friday, drawing total investor demand of over ₹7.4 lakh crore as institutional and retail investors rushed to secure allocations on the final day of bidding. This is the highest ever subscription for all IPOs in Indian Capital Market History.
The ₹30,213 crore public issue, the largest in Indian corporate history, closed with an overall subscription of 22.19 times. Investors submitted bids for 438 crore equity shares against the 19.75 crore shares on offer, according to cumulative exchange data. The total bid value, including anchor book demand of nearly ₹2.5 lakh crore, established a record for total capital committed to an Indian primary market offering.
Unprecedented Demand Exceeds Historical Benchmarks
The total capital committed across all investor categories breaks the previous record held by Reliance Power’s IPO in 2008, which attracted total demand worth approximately ₹7.1 lakh crore. In terms of absolute issue size, Jio Platforms eclipsed Hyundai Motor India’s ₹27,856 crore offering conducted in 2024.
When measuring total bid demand in terms of value (rupees), as well as application volume, the key historical benchmarks in the Indian primary market include:
Reliance Power (2008):
- Held the previous record for overall total bid demand value in Indian IPO history, pulling in roughly ₹7.1 lakh crore in total demand.
Hyundai Motor India (2024):
- Previously held the record for the largest issue size (₹27,856 crore) and generated over ₹2.2 lakh crore in total institutional/investor demand (~2.37x subscription).
Waaree Energies (2024):
- Held the previous record for the total number of applications received by an Indian IPO with 97.3 lakh (9.73 million) applications, generating bids worth over ₹2.41 lakh crore (~76x subscribed).
Tata Technologies (2023):
- Drew significant retail and institutional interest, generating over ₹1.56 lakh crore in bids (~69.4x subscribed) with over 73 lakh applications.
Coal India (2010) & LIC (2022):
- Coal India received bids exceeding ₹2.3 lakh crore (~15x subscribed) for its ₹15,200 crore issue.
- LIC drew demand of over ₹2.4 lakh crore (~2.95x subscribed) for its ₹21,000 crore issue.
Jio Platforms operates India’s largest telecom network with over 524 million subscribers. Financial disclosures in the offer prospectus showed operational revenue rose to ₹1,46,000 crore in FY26, up from ₹1,28,000 crore in the preceding financial year. Net profit for the same period climbed to ₹30,049 crore, while Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortisation reached ₹76,255 crore, yielding an operating margin of 52.2%.
The company fixed its upper price band at ₹1,119 per share, giving Jio Platforms an implied market valuation of approximately ₹8.96 lakh crore ($108.3 billion). Group flagship Reliance Industries will retain a majority stake following the market debut.
Institutional Investors Lead Final Day Surge
Qualified Institutional Buyers drove the momentum on the final day, subscribing 70.55 times their designated portion. Foreign institutional investors and domestic mutual funds submitted bids worth over ₹4.9 lakh crore in the net public category alone, seeking to capitalize on the digital unit's market leadership.
Non-Institutional Investors, comprising high-net-worth individuals, subscribed their allocated quota 14 times. Retail individual investors bid 2.85 times the shares set aside for them, generating over 1.37 crore individual applications. This volume marks the highest number of application forms ever recorded for a public issue globally, surpassing the previous record of 97.3 lakh applications set by Waaree Energies in 2024.
