Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

Financial reporters recently have asked one question so often that it almost sounds like a broken record: “Has the IPO market dried up?” The answer is found in the numbers. By mid-May, this month’s IPO headcount stood at 21 deals. If you add in this week’s traffic, May is on track to be the busiest IPO month in five-and-a-half years.

Investors are hoping for better returns from this week’s IPO calendar than they got from last week’s offerings. What happened was classic Wall Street. Companies raised billions of dollars. Their bankers pocketed millions and investors left with pennies. Before getting into last week, let’s look to the rainbow and this week’s IPO calendar.

 

 

IPOs from three sectors – cloud computing, homebuilders and money-transfer companies – have been hot. But on Wall Street, it’s crucial to remember one thing: You are only as good as your last trade. This week’s new-issues calendar has a representative from each of these three sectors. Let’s take a look.

 

 

The IPO first-quarter 2013 report card is in and here’s the story: B+. That’s not bad, but that’s down from the year-ago first quarter, when the IPO market got an A.

 

Aunt Jemima, Birds Eye, Duncan Hines and other household names plan to go public this week. Not individually, but under the name of Pinnacle Foods  (PF– proposed) – and Pinnacle’s industrial sector has been cooking.