August 26, 2010
- Top IPO’s Of 2010 (Part I) – CIS, ONE, FNGN, GDOT, SPSC
We’re more than half way through 2010 and this year has seen a significant pickup in the number of quality IPO’s, so I thought I’d rank the top 10 up to this point in the year based on fundamentals. Part I will highlight the first five, part II the next five and I’ll follow that [...]
September 27, 2009
- Top IPO’s Of 2009 (Part II): GAME, LOGM, RST, TRIT, LIWA
Several days ago I posted what I thought were the top 5 IPO’s of 2009 and in this report I round it out with the next 5 best IPO’s of 2009. Please note that these are not ranked solely on performance, but rather on fundamentals such as earnings and sales growth, ROE and margins. No, [...]
September 21, 2009
- Top IPO’s of 2009 (Part I): BPI, CYOU, SWI, DGW, RCON
The first half of 2009 brought us some memorable IPO’s, but for the most part is was forgettable. As we approach the final quarter of the year with a flurry of IPO’s expected to price in the coming days, I thought I’d rank what I think are the top IPO’s of 2009. Please note that [...]
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June 18, 2009
- China Water Pollution Play: Duoyuan Global Water (DGW) IPO Coming
The growth in China over the past 10 years or so has been staggering and despite a global economic crisis, the economy is still growing around 6% (so they say). With an attitude of growth at any cost and a mass migration to China cities, you have to assume that water pollution and scarcity [...]
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April 15, 2009
- Rosetta Stone (RST) IPO Prices
The IPO market continues to heat up with the Rosetta Stone (RST) IPO pricing tonight at $18, above the expected range of $15 – 17, raising $112.5 million. The relatively small size of the float, combined with a lack of publicly traded competitors allowed the company to command a higher price. It begins trading [...]
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April 14, 2009
- Ebay Announces Skype IPO For 2010
The IPO market really is heating up! Just one after selling back StumbleUpon to its founders, Ebay just announced that early next year it will spin off Skype if market conditions have improved in order to recoup some of the $2.6 billion it spent for Skype nearly 4 years ago. Many had questioned the [...]
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A couple weeks ago I highlighted the NIVS Intellimedia (NIV) IPO which brought back memories of the high ,flyin China IPO days of a couple years ago. Considering the IPO market has been absolutely dead over the past year it was good to see a fast growing company come to market. I still think that [...]
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March 30, 2009
- China IPO NIVS IntelliMedia (NIV)
Remember the high flying IPO days of a couple years ago when a fast growing, Chinese company would begin trading on US exchanges about every week? Those days are likely over for the most part, but Chinese company NIVS Intellimedia (NIV) is a reminder of the glory days. This is a company that began trading [...]
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December 24, 2008
- FriendFinder Networks (FFN) Files IPO In Desperation
Within the carnage of the 2008 IPO market, we have an announcement of a new IPO filing here at the end of the year that will surely generate some interest (maybe curiosity is a better word) as we head into 2009. FriendFinder Networks, formerly Penthouse Media Group (before Penthouse bought the FriendFinder sites from [...]
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July 19, 2008
- Another Solar IPO: GT Solar (SOLR) To Debut Thursday
This week, the IPO market will get a bit of boost in what has been a lackluster year for exciting companies coming to market. This week, GT Solar, a New Hampshire maker of solar cell manufacturing equipment, is expected to begin trading under the ticker symbol SOLR. Sure, there are far too many solar companies [...]
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July 2, 2008
- Energy Recovery (ERII) IPO Begins Trading
It has been EXTREMELY quiet on the IPO front this year, with the exception of a few standouts such as Visa (V) and Intrepid Potash (IPI).. I’ll throw Colfax (CFX) in there as well considering it’s held up remarkably well during the market meltdown over the past few weeks and is poised to break out [...]
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May 8, 2008
- Colfax (CFX) & Real Goods Solar (RSOL) IPOs Begin Trading
The number of decent IPO’s coming to market is picking up to a slow trickle and today two IPO’s worth watching began trading – Colfax (CFX), a global supplier of pumps for the water and oil industry & Real Goods Solar (RSOL), one of the largest installers of solar energy systems.
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April 29, 2008
- Visa (V) Vs. Mastercard (MA): Earnings Results
Now that both credit card behemoths have issued earnings results (Visa for the first time as a public company) I thought it would be interesting to compare the results from each side by side. As you’ll see, both companies beat analyst estimates and reported great quarters which were fueled by international growth and big increases [...]
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April 22, 2008
- Hot IPO’s: Intrepid Potash (IPI) & American Water Works (AWK)
Last year was a big year for IPO’s, but it’s been a slow start this year with the market languishing. Outside of the Visa (V) IPO, there has been little for traders to get excited about. That is until today when the largest producer of potash, Intrepid Potash (IPI) began trading and soaring more than [...]
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April 3, 2008
- Visa (V) Breakout From Bullish Triangle
I’ve mentioned in the new IPO Community forum recently (which you can sign up for here if you haven’t), that the best way to trade new IPO’s is to wait. You give the stock at least 2 weeks to play out and let the dust settle on the volatility. It often doesn’t take long for [...]
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March 18, 2008
- Visa IPO: Too Much Hype – Consider These Top 15 In Demand IPO’s
The highly touted, the much anticipated and overly hyped Visa IPO is set to debut tomorrow under the ticker symbol "V". It priced tonight above the expected range of $37 – 42 at $44/share. Not much of a surprise there. I get more emails regarding the Visa IPO then I have total in the 4 [...]
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January 23, 2008
- Upcoming IPO’s – RMG, HOO & IPCM
IPO’s are returning in 08 this week, but just trickling in and there don’t appear to be any "must haves" but there are 3 what appear to be solid IPO’s that begin trading tomorrow – RiskMetrics Group (RMG), Cascal (HOO) & IPC Hospitalist (IPCM).
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December 17, 2007
- Gushan Environmental Energy (GU) Leads the IPO Pack
This is the last week of IPO’s before the holiday lull and probably won’t see them popping up again with any frequency until around the middle of January. Another hot China IPO hits the street this week on Wednesday along with a couple other decent looking IPO’s
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December 11, 2007
- Best IPO’s Trading This Week – Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), VanceInfo (VIT) & More
1. Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN): develops large-scale residential projects in China, which include multiple-building housing communities, high-rise apartment complexes, retail outlets, health and leisure facilities, and schools. Xinyuan’s development sites are primarily acquired through public auctions of government land. In addition to constructing these properties, Xinyuan Real Estate offers property management services. It currently has operations in [...]
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October 28, 2007
- Height of China IPO Mania? Peking Duck IPO
Just about every week for the past couple of months there are new China IPO’s coming to the US Exchanges and many more listed in China. The latest Chinese company to apply for an IPO is China Quanjude, the oldest Peking restaurant in China and doing business since 1864! Quanjude runs 9 companies in China [...]
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