Cordelia Cruises parent Waterways Leisure's Rs 585 cr IPO crawls to 28% on Day 2, retail leads at 1.35x

Waterways Leisure Tourism, operator of India's only domestic ocean cruise line with 79% category share in FY25, sees tepid institutional response on Day 2 of its Rs 585 crore IPO. Retail portion oversubscribed 1.35x while overall book at 28%. Price band Rs 769-808; GMP a muted Rs 6. Anchor round earlier raised Rs 263.25 crore.

— Source publishedWed, 24 Jun, 2026, 10:40 IST·First seen Wed, 24 Jun, 2026, 11:36 IST·Source NDTV Profit

What happened

Cordelia Cruises parent Waterways Leisure Tourism's Rs 585-crore IPO is 28% subscribed on Day 2, with retail at 1.35x. Anchor round raised Rs 263.25 crore.

Key facts

  • Rs 263.25 crore anchor
  • Rs 585 crore IPO
  • price band Rs 769-808
  • Day 2 subscription 28%
  • Retail 1.35x
  • GMP Rs 6
  • 79% market share FY25
  • ATP Rs 10,980
  • APD Rs 12,036

Why this matters

Waterways' lukewarm institutional reception at Rs 769-808 sets a soft valuation benchmark for adjacent leisure-tourism issuers and may pressure cruise-sector M&A multiples downward.