What are the SCOOP Ratings?

IPOScoop.com is an independent online rating service gauging opening-day

performances of initial public offerings.

The ratings range from 1-Star (the lowest) to 5-Stars (the highest) and the calls are

based on a consensus input from investment professionals.

Note: The SCOOP in IPOScoop.com is an acronym for

(Wall) Street Consensus Of Opening-day Premiums.

The 5-Star rating system:

5-Stars (a potential double per "moonshot")

4-Stars ($4 per share and higher "hot")

3-Stars ($1-to-$3 per share or “good”)

2-Stars (50-cents to $1 per share or “OK”)

1-Star (flat to 50-cent a share)

Note: Whenever a deal is priced BELOW its latest filing range, but before it starts trading, the deal is downgraded to a 1-Star SCOOP Rating.

Disclaimer: A SCOOP Rating (Wall Street Consensus of Opening-day Premiums), is a general consensus taken, at press time, from Wall Street and investment professionals concerning how well an IPO might perform when it starts trading. The SCOOP Rating does not reflect the opinions of anyone associated with IPOScoop.com. The SCOOP ratings should not be taken as investment advice. The rating merely reflects the opinion of the professionals at the time of publication and is subject to last-minute changes due to market conditions, changes in a specific offering and other factors, such as changes in the proposed offering terms and the shifting of investor interest in the IPO.