Upstox delivers 10x return to Ratan Tata following buyback

Wealth management platform Upstox has completed a buyback of 5% of Ratan Tata's holdings, reflecting a 10X return on Tata's original investment, while he retains 95% of his stake in the company.

Ratan Tata’s 2016 investment in Upstox has delivered a 23,000% return in total, based on the company’s $3.5 billion valuation, as per the firm’s press release. Tata had bought around 1.33% stake in the company in 2016.

According to TheKredible, Tiger Global holds 38% of Upstox, followed by the company's founders, Ravi Kumar and Kavitha Subramanian.

Upstox offers a range of financial instruments, including stocks, IPOs, futures and options (F&O), commodities, currencies, fixed deposits, peer-to-peer lending, government bonds, non-convertible debentures (NCDs), gold, and insurance. 

In May, the company entered the insurance distribution business. 

While Upstox has yet to file its FY24 annual report, the Mumbai-based company reported a 44% increase in operating revenue, surpassing Rs 1,000 crore in FY23, and announced achieving profitability.

Upstox competes with major players like Zerodha, Groww, AngelOne, and PhonePe’s Share.Market. As of August, Groww leads the market, followed by Zerodha, AngelOne, Upstox, and ICICI Direct. Zerodha, Groww’s stockbroking unit and AngelOne reported Rs 8,370 crore and Rs 2,900 crore and Rs 4272 crore revenue in FY24 respectively. In Q1 FY25, Mumbai-based AngelOne reported Rs 1,405 crore in revenue and Rs 293 crore in profits.

As of August, Groww was the market leader followed by Zerodha and AngelOne. Upstox and ICICI Direct are number 4th and 5th player, respectively.