The IPO Buzz: Final Show and A Unicorn Frenzy

This week could very well be the final show for the 2018 IPO market. Historical data show the IPO Calendar usually closes down by mid-December, and this year, that would fall on Friday, Dec. 14. Wall Street’s bankers are signaling that this year looks like it will follow this trend. After Friday, the IPO Calendar bears no footprints – much like the snow on an early Christmas morning. Tencent ..

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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
Schultze Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. SAMAU EarlyBirdCapital/ BTIG 15.0 10.00 10.00 $ 150.0 mil 12/10/2018 Week of S/O S/O
Mercantil Bank Holding AMTB Raymond James/ Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company)/ Stephens 11.0 16.50 18.50 $ 192.9 mil 12/11/2018 Tuesday S/O S/O
Tencent Music Entertainment Group TME Morgan Stanley/ Goldman Sachs (Asia)/ J.P. Morgan/ Deutsche Bank Securities/ BofA Merrill Lynch 82.0 13.00 15.00 $ 1148.0 mil 12/12/2018 Wednesday S/O S/O
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Last 100 IPOs - December 9, 2018

Number of IPOs priced : 100
Number Up: 50
Number Down: 48
Number Unchanged: 2
Percentage Change From Issue Price: 14.57%
Percentage Change for The Nasdaq Composite -100.00%

2018 IPO Scorecard - December 9, 2018

Number of IPOs priced (Excluding 48 units) : 188
Number Up: 93
Number Down: 93
Number Unchanged: 2
Total Return From Issue Price: 10.31%
The Nasdaq Composite Index YTD % Change -100.00%