With the Fourth of July holiday in the rearview mirror, the next question is: Where is the IPO Calendar? The answer is: Knocking on the door. July’s IPO market kicks off this week with two blank check companies, also known as SPACs (special-purpose acquisition companies). That’s a quiet start to the month, but looks can […]
July 7, 2019 Read MoreThe IPO market roared into June’s final week with all the thunder and lightning it had mustered over the past month. Ten IPOs were priced, 13 companies filed plans to go public, and another five updated their earlier filings. But due to the July 4th Holiday this week, there is no IPO Calendar. Many financial […]
June 30, 2019 Read MoreTheRealReal, an online consignment retailer of authenticated Hermes and other luxury fashion merchandise, is the name on everyone’s lips this week. It’s among several companies – and most of those are tech or biotech firms – attracting plenty of investor interest on a big IPO Calendar. Eleven IPOs are on tap, aiming to raise almost […]
June 23, 2019 Read MoreLightning crackled in the IPO sky last week, driving the aftermarket performance of 2019’s IPOs into noteworthy territory. To get the story, all you have to do is look at the data on the IPOScoop.com website. (This week, biotech deals and Slack – a Direct Public Offering – dominate the IPO Calendar. We’ll get to […]
June 16, 2019 Read MoreThis week’s IPO Calendar has four deals that add up to $1.42 billion – and two are surrounded by investors’ interest. One is Chewy (CHWY proposed) and CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD proposed) is the other. Each has its own story. Chewy was formed to offer the convenience of online shopping for pet products – everything from […]
June 9, 2019 Read MoreOnce the Memorial Day holiday was over, the IPO Calendar came back to life. June opens with four deals this week looking to raise about $840 million, with another two IPOs set for the second week of the month. On June 20th, the day before summer begins, there is the Slack Technologies (WORK proposed) offering […]
June 2, 2019 Read MoreThe IPO Calendar generally takes a short break for the Memorial Day holiday and this year looks to be no different. In past years, the holiday-shortened week produced slim pickings for Wall Street’s investment bankers. A quick reading gives us these stats: In 2018, two unit offerings were priced. In 2017, a single unit offering […]
May 27, 2019 Read MoreThe blockbuster IPOs of companies valued at $1 billion or more, generally known as unicorns, have not been sprinkling magic dust on the new-issue calendar. Five such IPOs have come to market so far in 2019. Two worked out well, two flopped and the remaining one scored a modest gain above its IPO price. At […]
May 19, 2019 Read MoreAn initial buying wave on Uber Technologies (UBER) turned into a selling panic when the $8.1 billion IPO finally opened at $42 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, down from an offering price of $45 on 180 million shares. All the public knew was the pre-opening quote was $46 to $48 and remained […]
May 12, 2019 Read MoreUber Technologies (UBER proposed) leads a long list of 15 IPOs to market this week. For the record, this is the largest IPO Calendar since the week of July 28, 2014, when 22 deals were scheduled, and 17 IPOs got out the door, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. This week’s IPO […]
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