New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Asahi India Glass successfully concluded Rs.1,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP) last week, at an issue price of Rs.845. Almost three-fourths of the QIP funds will be used for debt repayment.

The stock hit a new 52-week high of Rs.933 on Thursday. Balance sheet deleveraging has comforted investors, as the debt-to-Ebitda ratio was almost 3.5X in FY25. Also, equity dilution is earnings per share (EPS) accretive because the increase in the number of equity shares is 5%, whereas the boost to net profit from lower interest costs could be about 25% based on annualized financials of Q1FY26.

The sharp increase in Asahi's debt burden was a fallout of cumulative capex of Rs.2,300 crore over the last two fisca...