A whopping eight deals are on the calendar for the week ahead after a flurry of launches hit Monday.
The month's 11 IPOs already make it the most active year-to-date, but if all eight April deals on the US IPO calendar price, April would be busier than all but one month (Oct 2016; 19 IPOs) in the past seven quarters. That should continue, as deal flow typically heats up in the summer. Likewise, Friday, April 28 could be the most active day since June 2015 with five companies going public.
| IPO Calendar | All | ||||
| U.S. Calendar | |||||
| Issuer Business |
Symbol Exchange |
Deal Size($m) Market Cap($m) |
Price Range Shares Filed |
Pricing Date |
Top 2 Bookrunners |
| Cloudera Palo Alto, CA |
CLDR NYSE |
$195 $2,164 |
$12.00 - 14.00 15,000,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan |
| Provides a Hadoop-based data management platform to large enterprises. | |||||
| Carvana Phoenix, AZ |
CVNA NYSE |
$225 $2,068 |
$14.00 - 16.00 15,000,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Wells Fargo, BofA Merrill |
| Online used car retailer with locations featuring car "vending machines". | |||||
| Floor & Decor Holdings Smyrna, GA |
FND NYSE |
$150 $1,709 |
$16.00 - 18.00 8,823,500 |
Wk of 4/24 |
BofA Merrill, Barclays |
| Hard surface flooring and accessories retailer with 72 warehouse-format stores. | |||||
| Emerald Expositions Events San Juan Capistrano, CA |
EEX NYSE |
$295 $1,430 |
$18.00 - 20.00 15,500,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
BofA Merrill, Barclays |
| Largest US operator of B2B trade shows and exhibitions. | |||||
| NCS Multistage Holdings Houston, TX |
NCSM Nasdaq |
$157 $784 |
$15.00 - 18.00 9,500,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Credit Suisse, Citi |
| Provides well completion equipment and services in Canada and the US. | |||||
| Zymeworks Canada |
ZYME NYSE |
$65 $361 |
$13.00 - 16.00 4,500,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Citi, Barclays |
| Early-stage biotech developing antibodies that target HER2 tumors. | |||||
| China Rapid Finance China |
XRF NYSE |
$105 $586 |
$9.50 - 11.50 10,000,000 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse |
| Operates an online marketplace in China for small peer-to-peer loans. | |||||
| Verona Pharma United Kingdom |
VRNA Nasdaq |
$75 $163 |
$13.49 - 13.49 5,560,202 |
Wk of 4/24 |
Jefferies, Stifel |
| Developing inhaled treatments for respiratory diseases. | |||||
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Cloudera (CLDR), which provides a Hadoop-based data management platform, set terms for a $195 million IPO at a diluted market cap of $2.2 billion, down from the $4.1 billion valuation Intel gave it in mid-2014 (Intel plans to buy 10% of IPO shares). With soaring losses and rapid growth, Cloudera is set to be the year's fourth tech "unicorn" to go public; the prior three priced above the range and popped 38-46%.
Carvana (CVNA), a high-growth online used car retailer, plans to raise $225 million at a market cap of $2.1 billion. Owned by its founder and CEO (investing $20 million on the IPO), Carvana achieved a 2-year sales CAGR of 196% to reach 2016 sales of $365 million (5% gross margin). Operating losses also ballooned to $90 million in the last year.
Floor & Decor (FND), a fast-growing warehouse-style retailer of hard flooring, set terms to raise $150 million at a market cap of $1.7 billion. LBO'd by Ares and Freeman Spogli, FND's 2016 revenue rose 34% to $1.1 billion, driven by 19% comp growth and new stores. The stock prices of peers Restoration Hardware (RH) and Lumber Liquidators (LL) appeared to find a floor in 2016, and are up 51% and 39%, respectively, year-to-date.
Emerald Expositions Events (EEX) plans to raise $295 million (33% insider selling) at a market cap of $1.4 billion. LBO'd by Onex in 2013, the company has made a string of acquisitions to become the dominant US operator of B2B trade shows. It grew sales by 6%, about half organic, to $324 million in 2016, with adj. EBITDA of $152 million (47% margin).
NCS Multistage Holdings (NCSM) filed terms at a range of $15-$18 as it seeks $157 million at a market value of $783 million. Backed by Advent, the provider of well completion equipment and services saw revenue decline 14% to $98 million in 2016. With no post-IPO debt, it is poised to benefit from higher spending on energy production in the US and Canada, similar to recent oil & gas IPOs, this week's IPO Select Energy, and a number of recent energy filers.
China Rapid Finance (XRF), which operates an online marketplace in China for peer-to-peer loans, plans to raise $105 million at a market cap of $586 million. Net revenue ($56 million) and net income (-$33 million) declined in each of the past two years, even as loan volume tripled. Close peer Yirendai (YRD) is up 139% from its December 2015 IPO.
Zymeworks (ZYME), an early-stage biotech developing antibodies for cancer, is looking to raise $65 million by offering 4.5 million shares at a range of $13-$16, with a proposed market cap of $361 million. Insiders, including Eli Lilly and Celgene, plan to invest $42 million (64% of shares) on the offering. Four biotechs have IPO'd in 2017, and three are up 30% or more. The Vancouver-based company will list on the NYSE and the TSX.
Verona Pharma (VRNA) filed terms on Tuesday for a US offering on the Nasdaq. Currently listed on London's AIM market (VRP), the Novo-backed biotech plans to raise $75 million (31% from insiders) at a market cap of $163 million, with post-IPO cash of $116 million.
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