The IPO Buzz: November Starts Slow with U.S. Elections & Anthropic in Focus

The IPO market is in slow-mo mode as November gets under way. No IPOs are scheduled to price this week. That’s not surprising, considering the U.S. stock market’s plunge on Friday,Oct. 30 – marking the Nasdaq’s worst month since March 2025 - and the mid-term U.S. elections tomorrow – on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. The IPO pros – and IPO investors – are looking ahead to Anthropic (ANT ..

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IPO Calendar

Company Symbol proposed Lead Managers Shares (Millions) Price Low Price High Est. $ Volume Expected to Trade SCOOP Rating Rating Change
Aspen Neuroscience ASPE Leerink Partners/Piper Sandler/Stifel/UBS Investment Bank/Oppenheimer & Co. 9.4 15.00 15.00 $ 140.6 mil 10/30/2026 Priced S/O S/O
Bambusa Therapeutics BBTX BofA Securities/Evercore ISI/UBS Investment Bank/Cantor 10.6 16.00 16.00 $ 168.8 mil 10/30/2026 Priced S/O S/O
OPay Limited (Postponed) OPAY Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Securities/Standard Bank/CICC 16.0 19.00 19.00 $ 304.0 mil 10/30/2026 Postponed S/O S/O
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Last 100 IPOs - November 1, 2026

Number of IPOs priced : 100
Number Up: 42
Number Down: 56
Number Unchanged: 2
Percentage Change From Issue Price: 1.00%
Percentage Change for The Nasdaq Composite 35.22%

2026 IPO Scorecard - November 1, 2026

Number of IPOs priced (Excluding 154 units) : 137
Number Up: 53
Number Down: 82
Number Unchanged: 2
Total Return From Issue Price: -0.76%
The Nasdaq Composite Index YTD % Change 35.22%