The IPO Buzz: Check Out the IPO Report Card
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.
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The IPO Buzz: An IPO Holiday Feast
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.
The IPO Buzz: Signs of an IPO Spring
The calendar flips to spring this week, with eight IPOs expecting to raise $1.29 billion. The last time Wall Street saw an IPO calendar of this size was for the week of Feb. 4, 2013. That calendar expected to price eight IPOs and raise $1.38 billion. It didn’t turn out that way.
The IPO Buzz: Tech Returns to the IPO Stage
Technology is finally elbowing its way into 2013’s IPO calendar. One small-cap offering was priced last week, and this week’s only deal is another technology IPO.
The IPO Buzz: Mild IPO Start for March
In like a lion, out like a lamb is the old saw about March. In the case of the IPO market, the reverse is true: It’s a mild start to the month, with just two deals on this week’s calendar – one a small-cap offering and the other a retread from the past. Nevertheless, for the first time since mid-February, IPOs are back in town. Or to paraphrase Gertrude Stein: A calendar is a calendar is a calendar.
The IPO Buzz: In the Still of the IPO Night
A stillness has settled into the Land of IPOs. No deals were priced last week. And nothing is scheduled for this week. But a mid-February blight in the IPO calendar is becoming normal.
The IPO Buzz: IPO Champions and Orphans
Behind every success story, there’s a pillar of strength. When it comes to IPOs, that strong suit boils down to one word – or acronym: JOBS. The JOBS Act of April 2012 has been good to the IPO market. Since April 25, 2012, the new-issues calendar has priced 100 IPOs. Their aftermarket performance has far outperformed the U.S. stock market’s major indexes.
The IPO Buzz: Five IPOs and a Speed Bump
This week’s calendar lists five IPOs expecting to raise about $255 million and then it becomes “clean and green.” That’s right. There is nothing on the calendar for the rest of the month. But not to worry – a mid- to end-of-February speed bump is becoming “normal” in this day and age.
The IPO Buzz: IPOs Built For Speed
Don’t believe the talk that the JOBS Act is slowing down the IPO traffic. It hasn’t. The numbers show the opposite. January 2013 was the busiest January in the last seven years. And February’s IPO market is looking to pick up where January left off.
The IPO Buzz: Five IPOs Get a Jumpstart
This week’s calendar lists five IPOs expecting to raise over $2.3 billion. Next week lists another five IPOs aiming to raise over $1.1 billion. There is nothing beyond that, but don’t give up on February’s calendar. This is becoming the new way of life as the JOBS Act settles into place.