JSW Energy Shares Gain 4% After Rs 4,000 Crore QIP; SBI Mutual Fund, GQG And BlackRock Participate

On Tuesday, the Indian equity benchmarks traded lower during the afternoon session, with the benchmark Nifty 50 index declining 0.48 per cent to 23,916.05. Power and renewable energy stocks remained in focus following fundraising announcements and institutional participation. In this segment, JSW Energy share price jumps 4.02 per cent to Rs 579.55 after the company successfully completed its Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

JSW Energy Completes Rs 4,000 Crore QIP

JSW Energy Limited completed a Rs 4,000 crore Qualified Institutional Placement, marking the company’s second Equity Fundraising since its listing in 2010. The company allotted 7,61,90,476 equity shares of face value Rs 10 each at an issue price of Rs 525 per share, including a premium of Rs 515 per share.

The issue price represented a discount of Rs 9.05 per share, or around 1.69 per cent, to the floor price. The total issue size aggregated to approximately Rs 3,999.99 crore.

JSW Energy Institutional Participation

The QIP witnessed participation from several domestic and global institutional investors including SBI Mutual Fund, GQG Partners and BlackRock.

SBI Equity Hybrid Fund was allotted 3,68,92,990 equity shares, representing around 48.42 per cent of the total issue size.

GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund received 1,83,87,066 equity shares, accounting for approximately 24.13 per cent of the issue.

The fundraising also attracted participation from leading insurance companies, mutual funds and international institutional investors.

Capital Structure And Fund Utilisation

Following the allotment, JSW Energy’s paid-up equity share capital increased from Rs 1,757.29 crore comprising 1,75,72,92,260 equity shares to Rs 1,833.48 crore comprising 1,83,34,82,736 equity shares.

The company stated that proceeds from the QIP, along with funds from the recent preferential allotment to promoters and monetisation of JSW Steel shares generating gross proceeds of Rs 3,150 crore, will be utilised to strengthen the balance sheet and support expansion plans.

Management said the capital infusion would help reduce net leverage, improve liquidity and support project execution across renewable energy, thermal power and energy storage businesses.

Management Commentary

Commenting on the fundraising, Sharad Mahendra, Joint Managing Director and CEO of JSW Energy, said: “This capital raise is a strong endorsement of our strategy and the long-term structural opportunity in India’s power sector. With this raise, we are now well-capitalised to pursue our Strategy 3.0 with agility, expanding across renewable, thermal, and energy storage platforms.”

Prabhakaran Chandrasekaran, CFO of JSW Energy, stated:

“The proceeds of the above issue strengthen our capital structure, enabling deleveraging and improving our bottom line. The fundraising supports the company’s target of maintaining net leverage below 5x by 2030.

JSW Energy Stock Performance

JSW Energy Ltd shares were trading at Rs 579.55 during Tuesday’s afternoon session, up 4.02 per cent from the previous close of Rs 557.15.

The stock has delivered returns of around 12.18 per cent over the past one year and 117.64 per cent over the last three years.

The stock’s 52-week high and low stood at Rs 580.80 and Rs 446.25, respectively.

JSW Energy Shareholding Pattern

As per the latest shareholding pattern, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) increased stake in the company to 9.74 per cent from 9.50 per cent in the previous quarter.

Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) marginally reduced stake to 14.32 per cent from 14.42 per cent.

About JSW Energy

JSW Energy Ltd is the power generation arm of the USD 23 billion JSW Group and operates across thermal, hydro, wind and Solar power generation businesses.

The company is also expanding into battery energy storage systems and pumped hydro storage projects as part of its Strategy 3.0 roadmap. As of March 31, 2025, JSW Energy had an installed capacity of 10,875 MW and a locked-in power platform of around 30 GW.

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