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An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors [1] and usually also to retail (individual) investors. [2] An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks , who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges .
IPO underpricing is the increase in stock value from the initial offering price to the first-day closing price. Many believe that underpriced IPOs leave money on the table for corporations, but some believe that underpricing is inevitable. Investors state that underpricing signals high interest to the market which increases the demand.
A public offering is the offering of securities of a company or a similar corporation to the public. Generally, the securities are to be publicly listed. In most jurisdictions, a public offering requires the issuing company to publish a prospectus detailing the terms and rights attached to the offered security, as well as information on the company itself and its finances.
The company priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top end of its targeted range of $21 to $23, raising $1.38 billion in proceeds. The company's valuation ahead of its IPO stood at $12.6 ...
Getting in on an initial public offering — more commonly called an IPO — seems like the ticket to riches. Buy a hot new stock and get in on the ground floor of a blockbuster company with the ...
Greenshoe, or over-allotment clause, is the term commonly used to describe a special arrangement in a U.S. registered share offering, for example an initial public offering (IPO), which enables the investment bank representing the underwriters to support the share price after the offering without putting their own capital at risk. [1]
[5] [6] [7] The demand for the March 14 IPO caused an exercise of the over-allotment, resulting in net proceeds of $164 million. [8] One analyst said it was "faith-based investing taken to the extreme". [5] In September 2006, Acquicor announced it would acquire Jazz for $260 million in cash. [3] [9] Jazz withdrew its own registration statement ...
After two consecutive years of more than 20% gains for the S&P 500 — an achievement not seen since the late 1990s — Wall Street strategists foresee a slower pace of gains for the benchmark ...