Nykaa Distributes More Than 56K Shares Through ESOP Plans
More than 56,000 equity shares have been distributed to eligible employees of Nykaa, a significant player in the beauty and fashion industry, through a variety of employee stock option plan (ESOP) schemes. According to the company's BSE filing, 56,750 equity shares have been approved by the nomination and compensation committee under the company's employee stock option schemes. These equity shares are granted in accordance with the employees' exercise of vested stock options under the company's employee stock option schemes. On January 20, Nykaa's shares were trading on the BSE intraday at INR 166.60, down 3.44%. Later in the day, though, the stock recovered some of its losses, and by 1:54 PM, it was trading at INR 170.95. This comes after broking firm InCred Equities began rating parent company FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd., a significant player in the beauty and fashion e-commerce space, as "reduce."
Nykaa Aiming Projecting Strong Growth in FY2025
According to Nykaa's Q3 FY25 performance forecast, consolidated net revenue growth was expected to surpass the mid-twenties. Nykaa's consolidated net profit increased by 66.3% to INR 12.97 Cr from INR 7.8 Cr in the same period last year, thanks to robust development in the beauty and personal care (BPC) vertical.
Recent Happenings at Nykaa
According to Nykaa's Q3 FY25 performance forecast, consolidated net revenue growth was expected to surpass the mid-twenties. Nykaa's consolidated net profit increased by 66.3% to INR 12.97 Cr from INR 7.8 Cr in the same period last year, thanks to robust development in the beauty and personal care (BPC) vertical. For a while now, Nykaa has seen a variety of activities. For example, Nihir Parikh, the CEO of Nykaa Fashion, resigned from the company in December as part of a significant top-level reorganisation.
In a similar vein, the business said in November that it will aim for a delivery window of 30 minutes to 2 hours for a few in-demand beauty products, rather than concentrating on 10-minute deliveries. Additionally, it successfully acquired the majority of Earth Rhythm, a direct-to-consumer skincare and cosmetics brand. The company gave its employees 1.80 lakh equity shares under the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) that same month.
India's Present ESOP Situation
According to a 2024 survey of 160 companies, 78% of them offered employee stock option plans (ESOPs) to their staff, a considerable increase from 59% in 2021. This indicates that ESOPs are becoming more and more popular among startup owners. More firms are now offering ESOPs to all employees, not only senior management, according to a survey done by Saison Capital, XA Network, and Carta. Compared to one in four in 2021, one in three firms now provides these plans to all employees.
Furthermore, the median ESOP pool size grew from 9% in 2021 to 12.6% in 2024, and 90% of founders now talk about ESOPs with candidates during interviews or job offers, up from 75% in 2021. Additionally, the reasons for providing ESOPs have changed; in 2024, 40% of founders cited cost reductions, up from 28% in 2021.
The founders cited the necessity to retain people as the second most important reason for putting these plans into action, behind creating a sense of ownership and company culture. Even with this increase, fewer than 30% of founders still fully understand the complexity of ESOPs, a percentage that hasn't changed since 2021.
Nitin Konde
