Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

Bankers are hustling in April, with seven IPOs expected to raise $1.7 billion during a four-day week. Wall Street will be closed for the Good Friday holiday on April 14. The start of Passover at sundown on Monday may mean that some offices will be running with leaner staffing this week. Six of this week’s […]

The IPO market is springing back to life in April after a quiet week – just as the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ  spokespeople had predicted it would. Eight IPOs have jumped onto April’s calendar, aiming to raise over $1.9 billion. This time last week, only one deal was on the launch pad. There’s […]

The IPO calendar takes a break this week. No deals are set to make their debuts, but that’s no reason for concern, according to the spokespeople for the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Capital Markets. April’s calendar is “loaded,” they say. They should know. They are looking at the confidential papers for listings […]

Alteryx (AYX – proposed) is the only IPO on this week’s calendar, but that could prove to be a sign of things to come. This will be the third technology IPO in March – and for the year, for that matter. The burning question is: “Are there more tech IPOs in the future?” Let’s take […]

The weather forecast for the Greater New York City area is for 12 to 18 inches of snow starting late Monday evening. That’s only fitting. Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS – proposed), a manufacturer of down parkas, is on this week’s IPO calendar and people have dubbed it as a “winner.” All told, there are four […]

Snap (SNAP) popped for an opening-day gain of 44 percent and closed the week with a jump of 59.4 percent from its IPO price. In came the phone calls from the media: “Will this spark the IPO market?” To date, all the magic fairy dust has been sprinkled on the market for the IPOs to […]

This week belongs to Snap (SNAP – proposed) and its blockbuster $3 billion IPO. Bankers plan to offer 200 million shares of Snap at $14 to $16 each. The deal is expected to be priced on Wednesday evening, March 1 – to trade Thursday morning, March 2, on the New York Stock Exchange under the […]

Last week it was Snap here, Snap there, everywhere a Snap, Snap. That’s right! Snap filed its proposed offering terms for its pending IPO. On Thursday morning, Feb. 16, Snap (SNAP – proposed) posted pricing terms to offer 200 million shares of Class A common stock at $14 to $16 each to raise $3 billion. […]

The three major U.S. stock market indexes closed Friday at all-time highs. The IPO calendar should be flying. It isn’t – and there are no deals in sight. But this is not the end of the world. Let’s turn back through the history book’s pages for an answer. When Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business […]

The real excitement came from the IPO filing window of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week. On Thursday, Snap (SNAP – proposed) filed its long-awaited IPO to raise $3 billion. Now that’s a large offering. The largest U.S. IPO offering on record was Alibaba Group Holding (BABA). On Sept. 18, 2014, Alibaba priced […]