The company has agreed to acquire 100 per cent share capital on a fully diluted basis, Info Edge said in a BSE filing
Canvera was Info Edge's third largest start-up investment after Zomato and e-learning firm Meritnation
The upside trigger for the stock could be a valuation upgrade for the investments the company has made in various segments
The stock surged 10% to Rs 1,288 on the BSE after the company said it has signed an agreement with SoftBank to jointly invest $90 million in Etechaces, the parent of PolicyBazaar.
The Info Edge stock spurted up 7.5 per cent on Friday adding to the 19 per cent gains since the end of August on brokerage upgrades. The bullish view on the stock which hit its 52-week high on Friday stems from the growth potential of Zomato, its 46 per cent-owned online restaurant classifieds business as well as expected returns from the jobs vertical once recovery takes hold. Analysts at Nomura have upgraded the target price of Info Edge to Rs 1,280 from Rs 1,100 on higher valuation for the company's stake in Zomato. They believe that the street's valuation of $1billion for Zomato is too low and the company should in fact get valued at around $1.4 billion. The say that given the restaurant classified business is a globally scalable one which utilises the network effects of its restaurant discovery platform, enabling monetisation in food ordering at low customer acquisition costs. Zomato's revenues, according to them, could grow by 6.5 times to more than $300 million over the next ...
Since May 25, in past nine trading sessions, the stock rallied 26% against 3% rise in Sensex.
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