Author Archives: John E. Fitzgibbon Jr.

Fitbit (FIT) exploded for an open-day gain of 48.4 percent on June 18 and that opened the calendar to fitness IPOs. This week has two deals from this sector: Amplify Snack Brands (BETR – proposed) and Planet Fitness (PLNT – proposed) and both are reportedly on everybody’s “most wanted” list. There is more. Last week […]

Last week, the U.S. stock market took a hard hit as the leading indexes lost over well over 2 percent each, but a couple of IPOs defied gravity. We don’t know what this week’s stock market will bring, but the calendar has a couple of new issues that have similar traits to last week’s IPO […]

With 12 IPOs already launched this month and another seven looking to be priced over the next two weeks, July’s traffic is headed to the record book as “well above average.” Since 2001, July’s monthly calendar has generated 204 IPOs, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. That makes an “average” July amount […]

Don’t look now, but the IPO Express is pulling into the Wall Street Station – right on time with recent years. This week’s calendar delivers its first IPO about two weeks after the July 4th holiday break. The downtime is in keeping with the recent past and is no reflection of current stock market conditions. […]

June’s final week closed out the IPO second quarter and first half of 2015 with a pre-Fourth of July explosion – a moonshot. Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) popped Friday for an opening-day gain of 185.6 percent. This was the fourth IPO to do so this year. Note: An IPO moonshot is any deal that ends its […]