Author Archives: Jan Paschal

Medline (MDLN) – the biggest IPO of the year – jumped in its NASDAQ debut today. Shares of Medline shot up $6.00 from their IPO price to open at $35.00 at 12:52 p.m. EST.  That first trade represented a gain of 20.7 percent from Medline’s IPO price of $29.00. Opening volume: 15.27 million shares. Private equity-backed […]

Shares of Andersen Group (ANDG) jumped to $21.37 in their New York Stock Exchange debut today – up $5.37 for a gain of 33.6 percent from their $16.00 IPO price. At the opening trade, Andersen would have a market cap of about $2.3 billion, according to Bloomberg. Andersen Group’s stock closed at $23.50, up $7.50 from […]

The SPAC machine just keeps going. Churchill Capital Corp. XI and Iron Horse Acquisition II priced their SPAC IPOs on Tuesday night, Dec. 16, 2025, and raised a total of $560 million. The SPAC deal count for the year now stands at 138. Both SPAC IPOs are expected to start trading today – Wednesday, Dec. […]

Andersen Group (ANDG) priced its IPO at $16.00 – the top of its $14.00-to-$16.00 price range – and sold 11 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $176 million on Tuesday night, Dec. 16, 2025. Andersen Group’s stock jumped in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, Dec. 17, […]

Medline (MDLN) increased its IPO’s size at pricing to 216.03 million shares – up  from 179 million shares – and priced the deal at $29.00 – $1.00 below the top of the range – to raise $6.26 billion on Tuesday night, Dec. 16, 2025. This is the biggest IPO of the year. Medline’s stock soared […]

Medline (MDLN Proposed) is on the market’s mind this week. Private equity-backed Medline is in focus with its $5 billion IPO –  the biggest deal of the year. Medline, based in the Chicago suburb of Northfield, Illinois,  is the world’s largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions. The company is profitable. The Medline […]

Wealthfront (WLTH) priced its IPO at $14.00 – the top of its $12.00-to-$14.00 range- and sold 34.62 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $484.68 million on Thursday night, Dec. 11, 2025. At pricing, Wealthfront had a market cap of $2.05 billion. Wealthfront’s stock started trading at $14.00 – […]

Lumexa Imaging Holdings (LMRI) priced its IPO at $18.50 – the mid-point of its $17.00-to-$20.00 price range – and sold 25 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $462.5 million on Wednesday night, Dec. 10, 2025. At pricing, Lumexa had a market cap of $1.75 billion. Lumexa’s stock opened […]

Cardinal Infrastructure (CDNL) priced its IPO at $21.00 – the mid-point of its $20.00-to-$22.00 range – and sold 11.5 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $241.5 million on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, 2025.  At pricing, Cardinal Infrastructure had a market cap of $768.75 million. Cardinal’s stock took flight […]

London Calling: Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp. (DSACU) increased its SPAC IPO’s size to 22.5 million units at pricing – up from 20 million units in the prospectus – and raised $225 million on Monday night, Dec. 8, 2025. The SPAC IPO was priced at $10.00 per unit, which is standard for a SPAC deal. Each […]