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Delhivery accuses Ecom Express of misleading numbers in its draft IPO papers, ET Retail

.Agent imageNew-age ecommerce logistics solid Delhivery Friday mentioned specific cases on operating metrics by its own smaller opponent and IPO-bound Ecom Express are actually deceiving. Delhivery, in a filing to the BSE, pointed out Warburg Pincus-backed Ecom Express "misrepresented" range and hands free operation range through declaring the number of pincodes not licensed by India Post.This is an uncommon occasion of a publicly-listed organization charging an IPO-bound competitor of misrepresenting simple facts. "Ecom Express double-counts the amount of RTO (go back to origin) shipments and also thus it ends up inflating its own volume on a like-to-like basis," the Gurugram-based organization pointed out, negating claims made through Ecom Express in the DRHP. 'Come back to source' is actually a term used through logistics companies when an item is sent back or even the delivery is cancelled, as well as the products go back to the dealer. "Ecom Express dual matters the variety of RTO (come back to source) deliveries as well as as a result it finds yourself inflating its quantity on a like to as if manner," the Gurugram-based organization stated, quashing insurance claims helped make through Ecom Express in its own draft red herring program (DRHP). Return to origin is actually a phrase used through coordinations firms for when a product is come back or the shipment is terminated as well as the products returns to the seller.Ecom Express filed its own wind documents along with the market regulator final month for an initial public offering of portions worth almost Rs 2,600 crore. In its DRHP, Ecom Express had actually stated it handled much more than 514 thousand deliveries in FY24 while Delhivery clocked 740 million. Delhivery has actually contested such cases citing the above mentioned illustration on how it considers a cargo. An e-mail delivered to Ecom Express really did not immediately bring about any sort of response on the matter." Ecom Express has reviewed their CPS (virtual physical systems) with Delhivery's CPS which is not similar due to variations in the two providers' expense accountancy methods, lot of deliveries being double-counted by Ecom as well as product variation in their weight profiles." Delhivery pointed out the "CPS evaluation is problematic on several counts". Gurgaon-based Ecom Express intends to raise Rs 1,284 crore via issue of brand-new allotments and also another Rs 1,315 crore worth of allotments will certainly be marketed by its existing clients. This is the 2nd effort by the firm to go public.The firm disclosed an operating profits of Rs 2,609 crore in financial 2024, versus Rs 2,553 crore the previous year, while its bottom line limited to Rs 255 crore coming from Rs 428 crore.
Posted On Sep 14, 2024 at 09:16 AM IST.




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