EduInvesting.in | May 15, 2025
If you opened your brokerage app and saw Raymond Ltd down 66%, you probably dropped your phone faster than they dropped trousers in their 90s ads.
But relax. This isn’t a crash. It’s a corporate detox. Raymond didn’t lose â‚ą1,000 in value overnight. It simply shed some weight — in the form of real estate.
Welcome to the world of demergers — where stocks get a glow-up by breaking up.
🧾 What Just Happened?
Raymond Ltd, the textile-to-everything conglomerate, officially spun off its real estate arm, Raymond Realty, on May 14, 2025.
- Shareholders received 1 share of Raymond Realty for every 1 share of Raymond Ltd.
- The stock price adjusted from â‚ą1,561 to â‚ą530, reflecting the removal of the realty business.
- People panicked anyway, because maths is hard.
So yes — the “66% crash” is not a real loss, it’s a technical adjustment. Just like when your salary looks smaller after tax — but your net worth’s unchanged (unless you bought
