Manipal Payment & Identity Solutions Ltd.
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Overview
Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions Limited is a Manipal Group company that manufactures and personalizes payment cards and provides adjacent secure-print and identity offerings, including cheques and secure logistics, government ID cards (including large-scale national identity printing), driving licence and vehicle registration cards, transit fare media, and smart tagging/IoT-based tax-stamp and track-and-trace solutions. It serves banks, fintechs and government agencies through certified, security-compliant facilities and also supports value-added products such as dual-interface/contactless cards, metal cards (with patented manufacturing), wearables chip-embedding, and instant-issuance kiosks supported by proprietary software platforms.
Opening Date
Sep 09, 2026
Closing Date
Sep 11, 2026
Listing Date
Sep 17, 2026
IPO Type
Mainboard
IPO Status
Closed
Issue Size
805 Cr
Fresh Issue
320 Cr
Offer for Sale
485 Cr
Price Band
₹322 - ₹339
Lot Size
44
IPO Timeline
Financials
Revenue
Profit After Tax (PAT)
Use of IPO funds
Key Performance Indicator
P/E Ratio
29.74
EPS
11.4
ROE
29.35%
ROCE
32.69%
RONW
22.93%
Debt to Equity Ratio
—
PAT Margin
18.68%
EBITDA Margin
33.6%
P/B
6.94
Bull vs Bear
Bull case
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Strong security and network certifications can act like a gatekeeper, because banks and payment networks won’t trust new vendors without these approvals.
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A wide product mix across cards, identity and security printing can smooth cycles, so one weak area may not fully derail long-term demand.
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Export and multi-country operations can diversify customers, so growth is not tied only to one market’s policies or spending.
Bear case
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Customer concentration is high, so one large customer loss or price cut can quickly hit revenue, cash collection, and factory utilization.
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Supplier concentration is high, so delays or price hikes in key inputs like chips can disrupt deliveries and squeeze margins.
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Cards drive most revenue, so a shift toward digital payments or new rules on physical cards could reduce volumes and require costly product changes.
Net takeaway
The long-term story is a scale manufacturer in secure payments and identity products, where trust, certifications, and reliability create staying power. But a lot must go right: key customers must stay, critical suppliers must deliver, and physical cards must remain relevant despite digital alternatives. For a long-term holder, the clearest thing to monitor is whether customer concentration reduces over time, because that’s the biggest lever on stability in revenue and cash flows.

