IPO Pricings
Please note: The above charts reflect Renaissance Capital's recent change to include all SPACs with a market cap of $50 million or more in its IPO statistics. For more information on SPACs, please read our 1st Quarter 2008 SPAC Facts.
Annual US IPO Activity 1999-Present
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Deals 486 407 84 70 68 217 214 220 273 43 14
Total Proceeds (billions) $92.6 $96.9 $41.2 $23.7 $15.2 $43.0 $35.7 $44.8 $60.2 $28.0 $2.4
Average Deal Size (millions) $190 $238 $491 $338 $224 $198 $167 $204 $220 $650 $172
 
IPOs In 2008
Total Number: 43  Total Proceeds: $28.0 bil
Company Name Ticker Deal Size Offer
Grand Canyon Education LOPE $126 mm 11/19
Chardan 2008 China Acquis CACAU $55 mm 08/11
Rackspace Hosting RAX $188 mm 08/07
China Mass Media Advertis CMM $49 mm 08/03
China Distance Education DL $61 mm 07/29
GT Solar International SOLR $500 mm 07/23
North Asia Investment Cor NHR-U $50 mm 07/23
Energy Recovery ERII $119 mm 07/01
Navios Maritime Acquisiti NNA-U $220 mm 06/25
Britannia Bulk Holdings BBLKF $125 mm 06/17
RHI Entertainment RHIE $189 mm 06/17
Safe Bulkers SB $190 mm 05/28
American Capital Agency AGNC $200 mm 05/14
Verso Paper VRS $168 mm 05/14
Western Gas Partners L.P. WES $309 mm 05/08
Colfax CFX $338 mm 05/07
Real Goods Solar RSOL $55 mm 05/07
Pioneer Southwest Energy PSE $157 mm 04/30
Hatteras Financial HTS $240 mm 04/24
Whiting USA Trust I WHX $217 mm 04/24
American Water Works AWK $1,247 mm 04/22
Intrepid Potash IPI $960 mm 04/21
CardioNet BEAT $81 mm 03/18
Visa V $17,864 mm 03/18
Heritage-Crystal Clean HCCI $22 mm 03/11
BPW Acquisition Corp. BPW-U $350 mm 02/26
BioHeart BHRT $6 mm 02/18
GHL Acquisition Corp. GHQ-U $400 mm 02/14
MAKO Surgical MAKO $51 mm 02/14
ArcSight ARST $62 mm 02/13
Overture Acquisition NLX-U $150 mm 01/30
ATA Inc. ATAI $46 mm 01/28
Cascal HOO $144 mm 01/28
ReneSola SOL $130 mm 01/28
Atlas Acquisition Holding AXG-U $200 mm 01/24
IPC IPCM $83 mm 01/24
RiskMetrics Group RMG $245 mm 01/24
Trian Acquisition I Corp. TUX-U $800 mm 01/24
Sapphire Industrials Corp FYR-U $800 mm 01/18
Sports Properties Acquisi HMR-U $200 mm 01/18
Williams Pipeline Partner WMZ $325 mm 01/17
Asia Special Situation Ac CIO-U $100 mm 01/16
Polaris Acquisition TKP-U $150 mm 01/14
IPOs In 2009
Total Number: 14  Total Proceeds: $2.4 bil
Company Ticker Deal Size Offer
LogMeIn LOGM $107 mm 06/30
Invesco Mortgage Capital IVR $170 mm 06/25
Medidata Solutions MDSO $88 mm 06/24
Chemspec International CPC $73 mm 06/23
Duoyuan Global Water DGW $88 mm 06/23
Cypress Sharpridge Invest CYS $100 mm 06/11
Government Properties Inc GOV $200 mm 06/02
OpenTable OPEN $60 mm 05/20
SolarWinds SWI $151 mm 05/19
DigitalGlobe DGI $279 mm 05/13
Rosetta Stone RST $113 mm 04/15
Bridgepoint Education BPI $142 mm 04/14
Changyou.com CYOU $120 mm 04/01
Mead Johnson Nutrition MJN $720 mm 02/10

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