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Delhivery accuses Ecom Express of confusing amounts in its draft IPO papers, ET Retail

.Agent imageNew-age ecommerce logistics strong Delhivery Friday pointed out specific claims on functioning metrics by its own smaller rival and also IPO-bound Ecom Express are actually confusing. Delhivery, in a filing to the BSE, claimed Warburg Pincus-backed Ecom Express "misrepresented" grasp and also hands free operation range through announcing the number of pincodes not accredited through India Post.This is a rare occasion of a publicly-listed organization implicating an IPO-bound opponent of misstating simple facts. "Ecom Express double-counts the lot of RTO (come back to source) shipments and thus it finds yourself inflating its own volume on a like-to-like manner," the Gurugram-based company stated, negating cases created by Ecom Express in the DRHP. 'Come back to beginning' is actually a condition made use of through logistics organizations when an item is actually given back or even the distribution is actually terminated, and also the goods get back to the vendor. "Ecom Express double matters the number of RTO (return to source) cargos as well as for this reason it ends up inflating its amount on a just like to like basis," the Gurugram-based firm stated, quashing cases created through Ecom Express in its draft red herring syllabus (DRHP). Return to beginning is actually a condition utilized through strategies agencies for when an item is come back or the shipment is cancelled and also the goods goes back to the seller.Ecom Express submitted its own wind documents along with the marketplace regulator final month for a going public of reveals worth almost Rs 2,600 crore. In its own DRHP, Ecom Express had actually claimed it managed much more than 514 thousand shipments in FY24 while Delhivery clocked 740 thousand. Delhivery has challenged such cases pointing out the above pointed out explanation on exactly how it counts a delivery. An e-mail sent to Ecom Express didn't instantly elicit any reaction on the concern." Ecom Express has actually compared their CPS (online physical systems) with Delhivery's CPS which is actually not comparable due to differences in the 2 business' cost audit methods, amount of cargos being double-counted through Ecom and also material distinction in their weight profile pages." Delhivery mentioned the "CPS comparison is problematic on many counts". Gurgaon-based Ecom Express prepares to elevate Rs 1,284 crore via concern of brand-new allotments as well as an additional Rs 1,315 crore worth of reveals will be actually offered for sale by its existing real estate investors. This is the second attempt by the agency to go public.The provider stated an operating profits of Rs 2,609 crore in monetary 2024, versus Rs 2,553 crore the previous year, while its own bottom line narrowed to Rs 255 crore coming from Rs 428 crore.
Released On Sep 14, 2024 at 09:16 AM IST.




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