{"id":25415,"date":"2026-05-04T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/?p=25415"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:26:12","slug":"lenskart-leads-64000cr-lockin-unlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/lenskart-leads-64000cr-lockin-unlock\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20b964,000 Crore in Lock-In Shares Free Up This Week: Lenskart Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shareholder lock-ins worth nearly \u20b964,000 crore across six companies,<\/strong> Deepak Builders, Afcons Infra, Emmvee Photovoltaic, Studds Accessories, Lenskart Solutions, and Orkla India, expire this week between May 4 and May 8, according to Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research data. Nearly 85% of that total value, or \u20b954,150 crore, belongs to Lenskart alone<\/strong>. Lock-in expiry makes shares eligible to trade; it does not compel any shareholder to sell. Four of the six stocks are currently trading below their IPO issue price. Here is what each unlock means for the stock.\"What<\/p>\n

LENSKART \u2014 THE NUMBER THAT DOMINATES EVERYTHING\"LENSKART<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lenskart Solutions<\/a> will see 1,047.4 million shares, 60% of its total outstanding equity, become eligible for trade on Friday, May 8, when its six-month shareholder lock-in ends. The value of those shares based on Thursday’s closing price is \u20b954,150 crore. That single unlock accounts for 84.6% of the entire week’s \u20b964,000 crore figure.<\/p>\n

The stock currently trades 29% above its issue price of \u20b9402 per share. That premium is the critical detail. Unlike the four companies in this list that are underwater on their IPO price, Lenskart shareholders sitting on a 29% gain have a genuine economic reason to sell. The unlock does not mean they will. The major pre-IPO shareholders still subject to this lock-in include SoftBank, which held approximately 11% of Lenskart’s equity ahead of the IPO, and Temasek, which participated in pre-IPO funding rounds. Neither has publicly indicated a sell intention. BSE and NSE block deal disclosures are published before market open at 9:15 AM on May 8; that is the first data point to check. Any large block deal in Lenskart on Friday morning will set the price tone for the session.<\/p>\n

AFCONS AND ORKLA \u2014 THE TWO THAT MATTER NEXT\"AFCONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Afcons Infra<\/a> is second in value terms. Its one-and-a-half-year and beyond lock-in opens Monday, May 4, releasing 73.6 million shares, 20% of outstanding equity, worth \u20b92,487 crore at Thursday’s close. The stock trades 27% below its issue price of \u20b9463, per CNBC-TV18. Infrastructure stocks have been under broad pressure through FY26, and Afcons is no exception. Shareholders sitting 27% below their IPO entry price have no gain to protect.<\/p>\n

\"Orkla<\/p>\n

Also Read: Blue Star, Waaree Among 8 Nifty 500 Stocks Below 200 DMA<\/a><\/p>\n

Orkla India is the other name worth watching on Friday. Its six-month lock-in ends May 8, freeing up 86.7 million shares, 63% of outstanding equity, worth \u20b95,540 crore. The stock trades 12% below its issue price of \u20b9730. Nuvama initiated coverage with a Buy rating in April 2026, citing Orkla’s distribution network as undervalued relative to peers, though the stock has not recovered to issue price since listing. At 12% below issue price and 63% of equity unlocking on the same day as Lenskart, May 8 carries a concentrated unlock across both names simultaneously.<\/p>\n

THE SMALLER THREE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Studds Accessories unlocks on Thursday, May 7. Some 23.7 million shares, 60% of outstanding equity, worth \u20b91,175 crore, become eligible for trade, per Nuvama Alternative data. The stock is 15% below its issue price of \u20b9585. A helmet and motorcycle accessories manufacturer, Studds does not carry the same institutional investor profile as the larger names on this list. The 60% equity release is the highest proportion unlock of the week by percentage, but the absolute value at \u20b91,175 crore is a fraction of the Friday events.<\/p>\n

Deepak Builders<\/a> is the smallest unlock in value terms. On Monday, May 4, today, 9.3 million shares, or 20% of outstanding equity worth just \u20b979.5 crore, are freed up, according to Nuvama Alternative. The stock is nearly 60% below its issue price of \u20b9203. That is the steepest discount to issue price in this entire list and the smallest absolute unlock value. Both facts together make this the lowest-risk unlock event of the week.<\/p>\n

Emmvee Photovoltaic is the one outperformer in the group. On Friday, May 8, 4.6 million shares, just 1% of outstanding equity, worth \u20b9120.5 crore, become eligible for trade. The solar panel manufacturer retested its issue price of \u20b9217 in April and has since rebounded, currently trading 21% above those levels, per CNBC-TV18. The unlock is 1% of outstanding equity, the smallest proportion in the scan, in a stock trading at a premium. Of the six companies, Emmvee carries the most contained unlock profile.<\/p>\n

THE NON-OBVIOUS ANGLE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Three unlocks land on the same day, Friday, May 8: Lenskart at \u20b954,150 crore, Orkla at \u20b95,540 crore, and Emmvee at \u20b9120.5 crore all expire simultaneously. Combined, that is \u20b959,810 crore in eligible-to-trade shares becoming available in a single session, 93.4% of the entire week’s unlock value concentrated on one Friday.<\/p>\n

THE FOUR-BELOW-ISSUE-PRICE SIGNAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Four of the six companies in this list, Afcons at 27% below, Studds at 15% below, Orkla at 12% below, and Deepak Builders at 60% below their respective issue prices, are all in loss territory from their IPO price. SEBI lock-in regulations restrict trading but do not compel selling. Shareholders in loss-making positions from their IPO entry price have limited economic incentive to crystallise those losses by selling on unlock day. The aggregate \u20b964,000 crore figure is the maximum theoretical supply. The actual selling that materialises will depend on individual shareholder decisions, and for four of these six names, those decisions involve booking a loss.<\/p>\n

Also Read: \u20b910,000 Cr Shares Unlock Today \u2014 8 Stocks in Focus as Lock-In Ends<\/a><\/p>\n

FAQ<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What happens when a shareholder lock-in expires?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Shares that were previously restricted from trading become eligible to be bought or sold in the open market. SEBI lock-in regulations restrict trading; they do not mandate selling. Whether shareholders actually sell depends on their cost price, portfolio strategy, and market conditions at the time. Source: SEBI lock-in regulations, Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research.<\/p>\n

Which company has the largest unlock this week by value?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lenskart Solutions, with 1,047.4 million shares worth \u20b954,150 crore becoming eligible for trade on May 8. That is 84.6% of the total \u20b964,000 crore week-wide unlock value. Four of the remaining five companies are trading below their issue price. Source: Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research.<\/p>\n

Which stocks in this unlock list are above their IPO issue price?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Two out of six. Lenskart trades 29% above its issue price of \u20b9402. Emmvee Photovoltaic trades at 21% above its issue price of \u20b9217. The remaining four, Deepak Builders at 60% below, Afcons Infra at 27% below, Studds Accessories at 15% below, and Orkla India at 12% below, are all trading under their respective issue prices. Source: Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research, Thursday closing data.<\/p>\n

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Shareholder lock-ins worth nearly \u20b964,000 crore across six companies, Deepak Builders, Afcons Infra, Emmvee Photovoltaic, Studds Accessories, Lenskart Solutions, and Orkla India, expire this week between May 4 and May 8, according to Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research data. Nearly 85% of that total value, or \u20b954,150 crore, belongs to Lenskart alone. Lock-in expiry makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[615],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1523],"class_list":{"0":"post-25415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stock-market-news"}," _eael_post_view_count":0,"authors":[{"term_id":1523,"user_id":11,"is_guest":0,"slug":"nikki","display_name":"Nikki Lodha","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae2e265bd56e0e890c866fbaa55d29846ba20cc5372adf666652268816af117e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25420,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25415\/revisions\/25420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25415"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}