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Virgin <\/strong>Australia soars on market debut:<\/strong> Shares of Virgin Australia<\/a> \u2014 which is 23%-owned<\/a>by Qatar Airways<\/a> \u2014 jumped 11.4% to AUD 3.23 a piece on its first day of trading yesterday, implying a market cap of AUD 2.6 bn (USD 1.7 bn) at close, Reuters<\/a> reports. Institutional demand for the offering outpaced supply, with the IPO closing oversubscribed. <\/p>\n

IN CONTEXT- <\/strong>The air carrier was surprisingly well received by investors on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) despite broader turbulence in the aviation sector, which has been among the hardest hit due to commercial flight disruptions from the Israel-Iran war. <\/p>\n

About the offering:<\/strong> Virgin Australia took a 30.2% stake to market (or 236.2 mn shares) at AUD 2.90 a piece in a secondary offering on the Australian bourse, according to the prospectus (pdf)<\/a>. The selling shareholder, private equity firm Bain Capital, sold down its position to a 40% stake from 70.2%, thereby taking home net proceeds of roughly AUD 685 mn.<\/p>\n

Domestic tilt + cheaper oil helped lift the stock above market jitters: <\/strong>Virgin\u2019s debut pop came as oil prices \u2014 airlines\u2019 largest operating costs \u2014 slid over 5% following news of a potential Israel-Iran ceasefire. CEO Dave Emerson also said Virgin was relatively insulated from geopolitical risks given that 90% of its operations are tied to the Australian market, with the firm boasting a 34.4% market share at home, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

What the pundits are saying: <\/strong>\u201cWith the potential de-escalation in the Middle East, that sort of puts some downward pressure on the oil price, which is slightly positive as well for the airline,\" said Blackwattle Investment Partners\u2019 Joseph Koh. <\/p>\n

An Aussie speciality? <\/strong>Qantas \u2014 Virgin\u2019s top Australian competitor \u2014 shares rallied 65% over the past year, making it one of the world\u2019s top performing airline stocks, despite a bearish call from Morningstar warning of a massive AUD 20 bn fleet replacement bill<\/a>. Still, the IPO priced Virgin at a 30% discount to Qantas. <\/p>\n

Flynas didn\u2019t enjoy the same tailwinds. <\/strong>Virgin\u2019s day-one pop stood in sharp contrast to Flynas from our region, whose shares slumped on debut<\/a> earlier this month amid peak geopolitical risk, shedding 3.4%. The Saudi low-cost carrier \u2014 the region\u2019s biggest IPO this year \u2014 listed just as the Israel-Iran conflict rattled markets, and is still trading below its final IPO price of SAR 80 per share. <\/p>\n

ICYMI- State-owned Qatar Airways <\/strong>bought into Virgin<\/strong> back in March<\/strong>, securing a 23%<\/a>stake<\/a> from Bain Capital for an undisclosed sum, after lining up approval from the Australian government. Virgin Australia\u2019s scheduled services to Doha, operated by Qatar Airways, are expected to resume on Tuesday, following the reopening of Qatari airspace, Reuters wrote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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