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Walton Hi-Tech Industries
DSE: WALTONHILElectronics / Appliances · Walton (RB Group)
Walton Hi-Tech Industries is Bangladesh's largest domestic electronics and home-appliance manufacturer, producing refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions, and other consumer durables locally. It is the dominant listed name in the appliance sector by market capitalization.
Business: Manufacturing and sale of refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, televisions, washing machines, compressors, and other home appliances and electronics, with substantial local component production and an export push.
Market data
Market capitalisation
121,526 mn BDT
Paid-up capital
3,332 mn BDT
Outstanding shares
333,221,177
Last price
362.3 BDT
Listed
2020
Market category
A
Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05
Policy exposure
Very low public free float: the company carries a large market capitalization on a relatively small outstanding-share base, with most equity held by sponsors.
Thin free float can distort price discovery and index weighting, a recurring market-structure concern for the regulator.
Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05
Walton has benefited from protective tariffs and tax concessions on local appliance manufacturing.
Industrial-policy support for import substitution shapes consumer prices and the durability of the local-manufacturing case once concessions expire.
Source: analysis
Appliance manufacturing depends on imported components and raw materials priced in foreign currency.
Forex availability and import policy directly affect production costs and the export-competitiveness ambition.
Source: analysis