Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's investing News & Updates (2015-2021)

Here are all the news and updates regarding Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's investment activities. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is considered as India's Warren Buffet and one of the most intelligent investors in India.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala News & Updates (2015-2021)

Year 2015

• Mr Jhunjhunwala, his wife Mrs Jhunjhunwala, and their firm Rare Enterprises together acquired total 6.25 lakh shares of Escorts company from the open market on 6th August, 2015.

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala recently purchased 2.24% equity stake of Intellect Design company. He had also increased his stake in Polaris Consulting, which is a parent company of Intellect Design, to 4.99 % from 4.74 % during this quarter.

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has bought 1.05% stake in Jet Airways – Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s RARE Enterprises acquired 11.95 Lakh shares (1.05 percent stake) in this private airline company. The average price of shares was Rs 422.76, with the overall transaction of Rs 50.52 crore. Following the transaction, the value of shares of Jet Airways was increased by 11.28 % on the NSE.

• Next Mediaworks is the most recent stock pick by Mr Jhunjhunwala. He has invested 35 Cr in Next Radio, the subsidiary company of Next Mediaworks.

• Jhunjhunwala has acquired 7 lakh shares in IT education firm Aptech. His stake is 45.28% in this company.

Year 2016

• In September 2016, 3.5 Lac shares of Adlabs Entertainment ltd was purchased by Jhunjhunwala's Rare Enterprise at the price of Rs 81.86.

• Jhunjhunwala applied for the shares of Rs.750 Crore under ICICI Prudential Insurance IPO and got share of Rs 27 Crore.

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Rare Enterprises purchased 12.50 lakh shares of Delta Corp at the price of Rs 106.54 per share on 17th Nov, 2016.

• On 16th December, 2016 Jhunjhunwala bought 12.74% stake in Mandhana Retail Ventures, the company that holds exclusive license to manufacture and sell Salman Khan’s “Being Human” brand's cloths.

• Intellect Design Arena's 42.3 Lakh shares were sold by Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala at average price of Rs 120.

• Mr Jhunjhunwala sold 50 Lakh shares of Tata Motors DVR in April, 2016.

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Year 2017

• Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala picked up 1.03% ownership of Jaiprakash Associates and 1.26% stake of Jubilant Life in June, 2017.

• Jhunjhunwala bought 10 lakh shares of Prakash Industries via Block Deals on 24th August, 2017.

• Rekha Jhunjhunwala bought 45 Lakh shares of Forties Healthcare on 22nd August, 2017.

• Mr Rakesh increased ownership stake to 1.64% in Prakash Industries ltd.

• Jhunjhunwala invested Rs 180 Crore in gaming firm Nazara Technologies. It was not listed company at that time.

Year 2018

• Recently Jhunjhunwala increased the stake in Lupin by 1.92% in January, 2018.

• In February, 2018 he purchased additional 10 lakh shares of the airline company SpiceJet.

• Jhunjhunwala’s Rare Enterprise bought 3 Crore worth share of J P Associates as per bulk deal data on NSE at 15th March, 2018.

• He sold 1.4% stake of Titan (around 1.25 Crore shares) in May/June 2018.

• Mr Jhunjhunwala increased 0.83% stake in Jaiprakash Associates during April to June Quarter.

• Jhunjhunwala increased his stake in DHFL by 43 basis points in the quarter ending September 2018.

• Mr Junjhunwala bought additional 0.4% stake in TV18 Broadcast by purchasing an extra 62.5 lakh shares of that company. He also raised his stake in pharma firm Jubilant Life Sciences during the last quarter.

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala raised his ownership stake in 4 companies: Aptech, NCC, Federal Bank and Jubilant Life Sciences and also reduced his stake in Titan, TV18 Broadcast, Karur Vysya Bank & Lupin.

Year 2019

• Jhunjhunwala's net worth increased by 30 Crore USD compared to March 2019.

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala increased stake in First Source Solutions in the early 2019.

• Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala raised his ownership holdings in DHFL, Firstsource Solutions, VIP Industries, Lupin while he also decreased his ownership stake in Titan, TV18 Broadcast, Federal Bank, Agro Tech Foods and CRISIL in the month of April 2019.

• In the first quarter of FY 2019 Jhunjhunwala purchased new stock Prakash Pipes.

• In July 2019, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala increased his stake in Titan and SpiceJet. He decreased his stake in First Source, Federal Bank, Lupin and Dewan Housing Limited.

• Rare Enterprise bought additional 1% stake in Jubilant Life Science in June-July, 2019.

• According to bulk deal data seen on BSE, Rekha Jhunjhunwala purchased 19.65 Lakh shares of Tata Communication estimating the value 73 Crore via open market transaction.

• In the quarter ending September 2019, Jhunjhunwala sold 49 Lakh shares of Titan Company. The share holding of Mr Rakesh in Titan was reduced to 5.10% from 7.05%.

• Jhunjhunwala increased his stake in MCX from 3.92% to 4.8% in the quarter ending September 2019.

• Jhunjhunwala purchased 0.51% stake in YES Bank. Total value of bulk deal was Rs 86.89 Crore.

Year 2020

• In January 2020, Jhunjhunwala purchased 27.85 lakh Shares of IIFL Securities with average price of Rs 42.83. The bulk deal value was Rs 12 Crore.

• Jhunjhunwala cuts his stake in Titan share in the March-April 2020. He sold around 1.03 Crore Titan shares in the last three months, according to BSE's website.

• Mr Jhunjhunwala increased ownership stake in VIP Industries from 1.42% to 1.62% in the Month of May-2020.

• Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala started picking stocks which are available at the attractive pricing. Stocks in which recent investments made by Mr Rakesh and his wife Rekha Jhunjhunwala in the June 2020 quarter were Autoline Industries, Dishman Carbogen Amcis, Edelweiss Financial Services and Indian Hotels.

• Mr Rakesh also raised funds in his existing portfolio stocks like NCC, Firstsource Solutions, Rallis India, Federal Bank and Delta Corp.

• Rakesh Jhhunjhunwala and Rekha Jhunjhunwala purchased 50 lakh shares costing Rs 80 Crore in VA Tech Wabag on preferential basis in September 2020. This is equivalent to 8% of Stake of VA Tech Wabag.

• Tata Motors was the latest pick by Jhunjhunwala in September 2020. As per latest data of September 2020, Mr Jhunjhunwala acquired 4 Lakhs shares of Tata Motors in September 2020 quarter.

• Mr Rakesh, his wife Rekha Jhunjhunwala, and group increased their ownership stakes in the construction company NCC to 13.7 %. Total 10 lakh shares of NCC was purchased by Jhunjhunwala in November 2020.

Year 2021

• Mr Rakesh and his wife Rekha Jhunjhunwala sold the stake of Titan. Total 18 Lakh shares of Titan were sold by Jhunjhunwala in January 2021. He still holds 4.7 crore shares of Titan. He  also cut his ownership stake in the chemical manufacturing firm Rallis India. Total 7.25 Lakh shares of Rallis India were sold by him recently.

• Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala sold 150770 shares of Ion Exchange in February 2021.

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