>>> Top Recent IPOs: New Investment Opportunities
By Aimee Bohn
Investment U
Aug 5, 2021
https://investmentu.com/recent-ipos/
Knowing about recent IPOs is a great way to stay up to date on the IPO market. Initial public offerings can often provide great investment opportunities – but they don’t always. Below is a short list of some of the top recent IPOs by month.
Top Recent IPOs: July
July IPOs
Sentage Holdings (SNTG)
Sentage Holdings is a Shanghai, China-based financial service provider. The company offers a range of financial services including consumer loan repayment and collection management, loan recommendation and prepaid payment network services.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, Sentage Holdings reported $3.97 million in cash. At the end of 2020, the company’s reported revenue lowered to $3.6 million. Sentage Holdings’ total assets were $1.83 million in December 2019. By the end of 2020, the company’s total assets rose to $2.78 million. The firm’s total liabilities decreased from $2.6 million in 2019 to $1.93 million in 2020.
The company filed in March and priced on July 8. It issued 4 million shares at $5 per share of SNTG stock. A $20 million profit came from the offering. The company’s market cap at the $5 price per share was $70 million.
You can look at Sentage Holdings’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 597.8%
Icosavax (ICVX)
Icosavax is a Phase 1 biotech aiming to develop vaccines for respiratory diseases. The company is dedicated to advancing vaccines against severe life-threatening respiratory diseases to protect the most at-risk populations. Icosavax has vaccine candidates for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
In December 2020, the company’s recorded cash was $15.5 million. As of March 31, 2021, Icosavax recorded $125 million in cash. In just three months, the company’s cash flow grew over 700%. In December 2020, Icosavax recorded $16.2 million total assets and $12.8 million in total liabilities. By March 31, 2020, the company’s total assets grew to $125.4 million. Total liabilities lowered to $5.9 million.
Icosavax filed on July 7 and priced on July 28. Shares listed under the ticker ICVX on the Nasdaq exchange. The company priced at the midpoint of its $14 to $16 price range at $15. The company offered 12.1 million shares of common stock for an $182 million offering.
You can look at Icosavax’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 133.1%
Sight Sciences (SGHT)
Sight Sciences ??provides medical and surgical devices for eye diseases. The firm aims to transform treatment paradigms from outdated approaches to improve the quality of patient care. The company’s portfolio includes the OMNI Surgical System and the TearCare System. The marketed products target some of the most prevalent and underserved eye diseases, glaucoma and dry eye disease.
The company saw revenue grow each year since 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the company recorded $23.3 million in revenue. For the same period in 2020, the company’s recorded revenue grew to $27.6 million. Sight Sciences recorded $21.2 million in cash in December 2019. For the same period in 2020, the company’s recorded cash grew to $61.5 million.
Doximity filed on June 23 and went priced on July 14. Shares listed under the ticker SGHT on the Nasdaq exchange.The offering consisted of 10 million shares priced at $24. This was the upper range of its $23 to $24 price range, raising $240 million. The Sight Sciences IPO gave the company a post valuation of about $1 billion.
You can look at Sight Sciences’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 39.6%
Duolingo (DUOL)
Duolingo is an online language learning service. The platform offers free courses in 40 languages. Users can select from a wide range of languages, from popular choices like French and Spanish to endangered ones like Sottish Gaelic. The company reported 40 million monthly users and 1.8 million paying subscribers as of March 31, 2021.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, Duolingo reported revenue of $70.8 million. It grew to $161.7 million in 2020. For the same period, Duolingo recorded $50 million in gross profit. The company is profitable, with reported gross profit more than doubling to $115.7 million in 2020. The company’s net loss was recorded at $13.6 million in 2019 and $15.8 million in 2020.
Duolingo filed on June 28 and priced July 27. Shares listed under the ticker DUOL on the Nasdaq exchange. The offering consisted of 5.1 million shares priced at $102. This was higher than its proposed $95 to $100 price range. The company raised $521 million in its initial public offering.
You can look at Duolingo’s prospectus here. For more information on the DUOL stock, check out this article for the latest news for the Duolingo IPO.
First Day Return: 36.3%
Absci (ABSI)
Absci is a biotech company that aims to develop protein therapies. The company’s goal is to expand biological possibilities and translate partners’ ideas into patient-ready drugs. Absci built its technology to enable better, faster and smarter biologic drug discovery and cell line development. The firm calls it Integrated Drug Creation™.
The company has seen revenue grow since 2019. For that year, revenue was $2 million. It increased in 2020 to $4.8 million. For the year in 2019, the company’s recorded cash was $13 million. And it increased greatly in March 2021 to $180.8 million. However, the company’s reported total liabilities were $160 million for March 2021. This was much higher than its December 2019 report of $7.9 million in total liabilities.
Absci filed to go public on June 30. Shares were priced shortly after on July 21 at $16 a share. This was the midrange of its $15 to $17 price range. The company offered 12.5 million shares and raised $200 million. This gave the company a post valuation of $2 billion.
You can look at Absci’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 34.9%
Top Recent IPOs: JuneTop Recent June IPO
Pop Culture Group (CPOP)
Pop Culture Group is a Chinese company based in Xiamen. Its platform is dedicated to promoting hip-hop culture. The company’s goal is to “promote hip-hop culture and its values of love, peace, unity, respect, and having fun, and to promote cultural exchange with respect to hip-hop between the United States and China.” The company engages in entertainment events, hip-hop related online programs and other event planning services targeted toward the younger generation.
Entertainment businesses were hit hard in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the company’s finances reflect it. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, revenue was $19 million. It dropped to $15.7 million for the same period in 2020. In 2019, net income totaled $5.9 million. And it decreased in 2020 to $4.5 million.
The company filed in March and priced on June 29. It issued 6.2 million shares at $6 per share of CPOP stock. A $37 million profit came from the offering. The company offered 0.2 million more shares than anticipated. The company’s market cap after going public was $110 million.
You can look at Pop Culture Group’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 405%
Alzamend Neuro (ALZN)
Alzamend Neuro is a clinical-stage biotech company. It focuses on developing products to treat neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. The company aims to bring treatments and cures to market at a reasonable cost as quickly as possible. Its primary target is Alzheimer’s disease. The company has two novel therapeutic drug candidates, AL001 and AL002, that are moving toward clinical development.
As of April 30, 2019, the company recorded $40,000 in cash. By 2020, the company’s recorded cash grew to $90,000. For the same period, Alzamend Neuro recorded $1.8 million in total assets and $1 million in total liabilities. Looking at net loss, the company recorded $4.85 for the year ended April 30, 2019. It decreased to $4.4 million in 2020.
Alzamend Neuro filed on May 10th and priced on June 14. The company offered 2.5 million shares of common stock selling at $5 per share. The Alzamend Neuro IPO gave the company a market cap of $543 million.
You can look at Alzamend Neuro’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 170%
Doximity (DOCS)
Doximity is a San Francisco-based networking platform for medical professionals. The platform has established itself as the LinkedIn for doctors. Over 1.8 million medical professionals use the platform as of March 31, 2021. Doximity’s mission is to help every physician be more productive and provide better care for their patients.
The company saw revenue grow each year since 2019. For the year ended March 31, 2019, the company recorded $85.5 million in revenue. For the same period in 2020, the company’s recorded revenue grew to $116 million. Doximity recorded $74.8 million in gross profit and $101.5 million in 2020. As of March 31, 2021, Doximity has $142.5 million in cash and $251.7 million in total assets.
Doximity filed on May 28th and went public almost a month later on June 23rd. The offering consisted of 23.3 million shares priced at $26. This was higher than the $20 to $23 price range, raising $606 million. The Doximity IPO gave the company a market cap of about $10 billion.
You can look at Doximity’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 103.8%
Xometry (XMTR)
Xometry is an online marketplace for on-demand manufacturing. The company’s vision is to drive efficiency, sustainability and innovation by lowering the barriers to entry to the manufacturing ecosystem. The marketplace is artificial intelligence-enabled to help buyers source manufactured parts and assemblies from various sellers.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, Xometry reported revenue of $80.2 million. It grew to $141.4 million in 2020. For the same period, Xometry recorded $14.7 million in gross profit. The company is profitable, growing to $33.3 million in 2020. The company’s net loss was recorded at $30.9 million in 2019 and 31 million in 2020.
Xometry filed with the SEC on June 4th. It priced its shares a few weeks later on June 29th. The offering consisted of 6.8 million shares priced at $44. This was higher than its proposed $38 to $42 price range. The company raised $303 million in its initial public offering.
You can look at Xometry’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 98.6%
Kanzhun (BZ)
Kanzhun is an online recruitment platform based in Beijing, China. The company is focused on redefining career development by changing the online recruitment industry in its country. Its core product, BOSS Zhipin, connects job seekers and enterprise users to create an efficient and useful experience.
The company has seen revenue grow since 2019. For that year, revenue was $154.3 million. It increased in 2020 to $298 million. For the year in 2019, the company’s recorded cash totaled $62.9 million. And it increased greatly in 2020 to $612.7 million. However, the company reported a net loss of $144 million for 2020. This was much higher than its 2019 net loss of $77.6 million.
Kanzhun filed to go public on May 21, 2020. Shares were priced shortly after on June 10th at $19 a share. This was the high end of its $17 to $19 price range. The company offered 48 million shares and raised $912 million. This gave the company a market cap of $14.78 billion.
You can look at Kanzhun’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 95.8%
Top Recent IPOs: May
E-Home Household Services who provides home and housekeeping services was the top recent IPO for May.
E-Home Household Service Holdings (Nasdaq: EJH)
E-Home is a Chinese household service company. Based in Fuzhou, the company operates its platform across 32 provinces. It provides home appliance and housekeeping services. In order to deliver on-site home appliance services, E-Home partners with more than 2,600 individuals and service stores to provide technicians. For housekeeping, the company works with more than 1,000 independent contractors. E-Home claims its platform allows providers to access a larger customer base while also providing customers with the best home services.
The company provided financial data for the years 2018 and 2019. Total revenue for the year ending June 30, 2018, was $45.8 million. It increased 11.7% to $51.15 million in 2019. Additionally, E-Home was able to decrease its total operating expenses from 2018 to 2019, bringing in a higher income from operations in the latter year. Net income was $9.7 million and $10.2 million in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
The reason E-Home doesn’t have any 2020 or 2021 financial data is that the company filed to IPO back in August 2019. But it didn’t price until May 2021. The offer price was a midrange one, at $4.50 per share. A total of 5.56 million shares were offered for a deal size of $25 million. The recent IPO gave E-Home a market cap of $151 million.
You can look at E-Home Household Service Holdings’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 1,100%
Jiuzi Holdings (Nasdaq: JZXN)
Jiuzi is a retail franchise. It sells new-energy vehicles in third- and fourth-tier Chinese cities. Vehicles include battery-operated and plug-in electric vehicles. At the time the company’s prospectus was filed in August 2020, it had 18 franchise stores and one company-owned store. Jiuzi sources its new-energy vehicles from more than 20 manufacturers.
For the year ending October 31, 2019, Jiuzi’s total net revenue was $7.98 million. It grew 2.9% to $8.21 million, according to the prospectus. Additionally, Jiuzi was able to decrease cost of revenue. That led to an increase in gross profit from 2019 to 2020. Gross profit came in at $4.86 million and $6 million, respectively, for a growth rate of 23.8%.
Although this recent IPO filed back in 2020, the company priced on May 17, 2021. Shares were priced at $5, the midpoint of their original price range. The offer included 5.2 million shares, for a deal size of $26 million. The IPO gave Jiuzi a market cap of $101 million.
You can look at Jiuzi Holdings’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 272.4%
Day One Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: DAWN)
Day One is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It’s dedicated to developing and commercializing therapies for cancer patients of all ages, but its main focus for clinical efforts is on pediatric patients living with cancer. Day One’s lead product is an oral therapy demonstrating anti-tumor activity in both pediatric and adult populations with specific genetics. The product is in a Phase 2 trial after receiving a “breakthrough therapy” designation from the FDA based on a Phase 1 trial.
Since Day One doesn’t have any commercial products, the company doesn’t have any revenue to report. In 2019, its net loss was $17 million. It grew to $43.85 million in 2020, a negative growth of 158%. For the three months ending on March 31, 2020, net loss was about $2 million. But for the same time period ending March 31, 2021, net loss totaled $16.1 million. However, on the company’s balance sheet, Day One shows cash and equivalents of $154.9 million. This number was expected to grow to $300.5 million after its recent IPO.
Day One filed to go public on May 4, 2021. It priced on May 26. The company sold shares at $16 a share, the top end of its original price range. The offer included 10 million shares for a deal size of $160 million. The recent IPO gave Day One a market cap of $965 million.
You can look at Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 61.8%
Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW)
Flywire is a global payment software company. Its platform is used by clients and customers for payment transactions. Flywire aims to tackle sectors of the global economy it believes are in the early stages of adopting digital processes. It identified education, healthcare, travel and business-to-business payments as opportunities worth $11.7 trillion in total.
The company’s finances show growing revenue. In 2019, revenue was $94.9 million. It increased to $131.8 million in 2020 for a growth of about 39%. For the three months ending March 31, 2020, revenue was $32.7 million, and it grew to $45 million for the same period in 2021. However, Flywire is still reporting net losses. In 2019, its total net loss was $20.1 million. It decreased to $11.1 million in 2020, and the company had a net income of $3.7 million for the first three months of the year. But for the first three months of 2021, Flywire reported a net loss again, totaling $8.65 million.
Flywire filed on May 3, 2021, and priced on May 25. The recent IPO sold 10.44 million shares at $24, the top of its original price range. That led to a deal size of $251 million. The offering gave Flywire a market cap of $2.8 billion.
You can look at Flywire’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 46.3%
The Honest Company (Nasdaq: HNST)
Actress Jessica Alba founded The Honest Company in 2011. It’s a consumer products company. Honest strives to create products and a community for environmentally conscious consumers looking to lead a clean lifestyle. It has three categories of products: Diapers and Wipes, Skin and Personal Care, and Household and Wellness. These represent 63%, 26% and 11% of the company’s 2020 revenue, respectively. Honest uses an omnichannel approach and aims to expand both its digital and retail channels. These include strategic partnerships with Costco, Target and Amazon launched in 2013, 2014 and 2017, respectively.
For the year 2019, Honest’s revenue was $235.6 million. It grew to $300.5 million in 2020, a growth rate of 27.5%. However, the company hasn’t reported any net income to date. In 2019, net loss totaled $31.1 million. Honest was able to decrease its net loss in 2020, though, bringing it down to $14.5 million.
Honest filed on April 9, 2021. The company priced its IPO on May 4. The offer price was $16, just under the top of its original price range. Honest offered 25.8 million shares for a deal size of $413 million. The recent IPO gave Alba’s company a market cap of $1.65 billion.
You can look at The Honest Company’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 43.8%
Recent IPOs: April
April's recent IPOs saw Esports Technologies, a competitive gaming platform for gamers like the one pictured, bring in the highest return on the first day of trading for IPOs that month.
Esports Technologies (Nasdaq: EBET)
Esports Technologies operates a platform for esports and competitive gaming. It also has an online gambling platform, gogawi.com. Esports is the competitive playing of video games by amateurs and professionals in teams or individually. The company claims it offer real money betting on esports events around the world. Some popular titles include Counter-Strike: GO, League of Legends, Rocket League and Warcraft 3.
For the year ended September 30, 2019, Esports Technologies’ revenue was almost $141,000. It went up to nearly $196,000 for 2020. And for the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue was just under $11,000. Additionally, Esports Technologies now has net loss. In 2019, the company recorded net income of about $24,000. But in 2020, it dropped to a net loss of $573,000. And for December 31, 2021, the company recorded $2.1 million in net loss. However, Esports Technologies had $2.6 million in cash and cash equivalent, which grew to $16.7 million after its recent IPO.
Esports Technologies filed on March 10, 2021. It went public on April 14, 2021. The offering sold 2.4 million shares at $6 per share. The deal raised $14 million for a market cap of $124 million.
You can look at Esports Technologies’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 507%
Recursion Pharmaceutical
Recursion is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. Its focus is decoding biology with innovations from biology, chemistry, automation, data science and engineering. The goal is to improve patient lives and industrialize drug discovery. Recursion uses the Recursion Operating System, one of the world’s largest biological and chemical datasets. It also has the Recursion Map, a suit of custom software, algorithms and machine learning tools to further explore biology.
Recursion’s revenue is made from grant and operating revenue. In 2019, it totaled $608,000. This grew to $549,000 in 2020. But like most clinical-stage companies, Recursion shows net losses from the last two year. It went from a net loss of about $62,500 in 2019 to $87,000 in 2020. On the other hand, the balance sheet shows $262,000 in cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2020. The recent IPO helped bring that to $651,800, according to prospectus estimates.
Recursion filed to go public on March 22, 2021. The company priced on April 15, 2021 at $18, the high end of its range. The offering included 24.2 million shares for a deal price of $436 million. The recent IPO gave Recursion a market cap of $3.3 million.
You can look at Recursion Pharmaceutical’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 73.9%
Privia Health Group
Privia Health is a technology company working with medical groups, health plans and health systems. Its goal is to optimize physician practices, improve patient experiences and reward doctors for giving high-value care. The company also the “Privia Platform” for virtual care settings.
Revenue for the year 2018 was $657.6 million. It grew to $786.4 million in 2019 for a year-over-year growth of 19.5%. For 2020, revenue totaled $817.1 million for a growth of 4%. Looking at net income, Privia Health had a net loss of $4.2 million in 2018. But in 2019, the company managed to record net income of $8.2 million. It increased to $30.9 million in 2020 for a growth of 276.8%. Balance sheet cash went from $84.6 million to $233.4 million after Privia Health’s recent IPO.
Privia Health Group filed on April 7, 2021. It went public two weeks later, pricing on April 28. Shares priced at $23 a share. The offer included 19.5 million shares for a deal size of $449 million. This gave Privia Health a market cap of $2.8 billion.
You can look at Privia Health Group’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 51.1%
KnowBe4
KnowBe4 is the developer of a security awareness platform. It lets organizations asses, monitor and minimize the ongoing cybersecurity threat of social engineering attacks. KnowBe4’s approach uses cloud-based software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and insights with engaging content. Its three goals are to drive awareness, change human behavior and enable a security-minded culture, effectively reducing risks.
The company saw revenue grow each year since 2018. For that year, revenue was $71.3 million. It increased in 2019 to $120.6 million for a growth rate of 69.1%. And for the year 2020, revenue totaled $174.9 million. That’s a year-over-year growth of 45%. But the company is yet to report net income. In 2018, KnowBe4 had a net loss of $9.25 million. And it increased greatly in 2019 to $124.3 million. However, the company reported a net loss of $2.4 million for 2020.
KnowBe4 filed on March 19, 2021 and went public almost a month later, pricing on April 21. Shares were priced at the low end of the range, selling for $16 a share. The offer included 9.5 million shares for a deal size of $152 million. The recent IPO gave KnowBe4 a market cap of $2.9 billion.
You can look at KnowBe4’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 50.9%
Infobird
Infobird is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider. It offers customer engagement solutions in China. Infobird provides holistic software solutions to help corporate clients deliver and manage customer engagement activities at all stages of the process, including pre-sales, sales and post-sales activity. The company also offers AI-powered cloud-based sales force management software.
For the year 2018, Infobird recorded $18.8 million in revenue. It decreased to $18.25 million in 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, revenue was $9.4 million. It dropped to $6.2 million for the same period in 2020. But the company has net income recorded on their income statement as well. In 2018, net income totaled $2.4 million. And it increased in 2019 to $5.1 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, net income was nearly $2 million. It decreased in 2020 to $1.6 million.
Infobird filed on December 9, 2020. It priced on April 19, 2021 at $4 a share. The offering included 6.25 million shares for a deal size of $25 million. Infobird’s recent IPO gave it a market cap of $101 million.
You can look at Infobird’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 50.8%
Recent IPOs: March
In the top recent IPOs of March, Design Therapeutics had the best first day return.
Design Therapeutics (Nasdaq: DSGN)
Design Therapeutics is a biotech company. Its focus is small-molecule therapeutics called gene targeted chimeras (GeneTACs). GeneTACs target and modify the underlying causes of a disease. Design Therapeutics is currently pre-clinical stage. However, it plans to start clinical trials for its lead program by the first half of 2022.
The company doesn’t have any commercial products. Instead, Design Therapeutics’ revenue comes from grants. In 2019, grant revenue was $834,000. And in 2020, it decreased greatly to $226,000. The company’s net loss also took a hit. It went from $2 million in 2019 to $8.3 million in 2020. However, Design Therapeutics’ balance sheet shows cash and cash equivalents at $36.1 million for 2020. That’s up from $77,000 in 2019.
Design Therapeutics filed with the SEC on March 5, 2021. The company priced on March 25. The offering consisted of 12 million shares at a price of $20. This was the high end of the company’s range, raising $240 million. The Design Therapeutics IPO gave a market cap of $1.1 billion.
You can look at Design Therapeutics’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 107.5%
Ikena Oncology (Nasdaq: IKNA)
Ikena Oncology develops cancer therapies. These therapies target signaling pathways that help drive cancer growth and spread. Additionally, these pathways currently have no treatments. By doing this, Ikena believes it can address a high volume of unmet needs. Since starting operations in 2016, the company has five programs in studies or clinical development. It plans to submit an Investigational New Drug application to the FDA in the second half of 2021.
The company doesn’t have products for sale. Instead, it funds operations through private investments, payments from a collaboration agreement and “related party revenue.” In 2019, this totaled $13.75 million. However, that same year, Ikena’s operating expenses were $18.5 million. The year ended with a net loss of $16.8 million. For 2020, revenue dropped to $9.2 million. And operation expenses increased to $44.5 million. This led to an increased net loss of $44.25 million in 2020.
Ikena filed with the SEC on March 5, 2021. It priced its shares at $16 on March 25. The deal offered 7.8 million shares for a deal size of $125 million. The IPO gave Ikena a market cap of $606 million.
You can look at Ikena’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 100%
Edgewise Therapeutics (Nasdaq: EWTX)
Edgewise Therapeutics goal is to create the world’s leading precision medicine company for muscle disorders. It specializes in muscle biology and biophysics. Its platform uses systems to identify key proteins in muscle tissue. This lets Edgewise create therapies designed to target specific muscles. The company’s leading product is in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Edgewise doesn’t have revenue. It lists that as one of the top risk factors in its prospectus. So, it’s not surprising Edgewise has increasing net loss. In 2019, operating expenses were $9.9 million. And net loss was $9.7 million after interest income. For 2020, operating expenses increased to $17.2 million for a total net loss of about $17.1 million. However, Edgewise also had a 343% increase in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet. It went from $23.7 million in 2019 to $104.9 million in 2020.
The company filed on March 5, 2021 and priced on March 25. Edgewise offered 11 million shares at a price of $16 a share, raising $176 million. The IPO gave Edgewise a market cap of $876 million.
You can look at Edgewise Therapeutics’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 87.5%
Olink Holding (Nasdaq: OLK)
Olink Holding is a biotech company. It focuses on proteomics. According to News Medical…
Proteomics is used to detect protein expression patterns at a given time in response to a specific stimulus, but also to determine functional protein networks that exist at the level of the cell, tissue, or whole organism.
By using proteomics, Olink hopes to provide a platform of products and services to leading biopharmaceutical companies as well as clinical and academic organizations. The company has ten owned subsidiaries across the globe.
During 2019, Olink made an acquisition. As a result, the company provided predecessor, successor and pro forma financial data for the year. We will look at the pro forma data. Olink recorded revenue of $46.3 million in 2019. It had a gross profit of $32 million, but it ended with a net loss of almost $5 million. In 2020, revenue increased 16.8% to %54.1 million. Gross profit also increased to $36.6 million. However, Olink’s net loss also grew, ending 2020 with a $6.8 million loss.
Olink filed to go public on March 3, 2021. It priced on March 24. The company offered 17.65 million shares at a price of $20. The deal raised $353 million for a market cap of nearly $2.4 billion.
You can look at Olink Holding’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 80%
Sun Country Airlines (Nasdaq: SNCY)
Sun Country Airlines is an American airline. The company describes itself as “a new breed of hybrid low-cost air carrier.” Based in Minnesota, the company focuses on leisure travel, such as friends and family visiting each other. It offers flights through the U.S. and to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, companies like Sun Country were hit hard in 2020. And it shows in the finances. For 2019, revenue was $688.8 million. But in 2020, it was cut almost in half to $359.2 million. Sun Country ended 2019 with a net profit of $46 million. In 2020, it ended with a net loss of $3.9 million. However, investors are hopeful that vaccines and quarantine lifts will result in a large demand for travel in 2021 and 2022.
Sun Country filed on February 8, 2021. It priced over a month later on March 16. The company offered shares at a price of $24, above the original range of $21 to $23. The deal included almost 9.1 million shares for a deal size of $218 million. The IPO gave Sun Country a market cap of $1.5 billion.
You can look at Sun Country Airlines’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 51.6%
Recent IPOs: February
The recent IPO of Chinese communications software provider Cloopen Holdings was the top offering of February 2021.
Cloopen Group Holding (NYSE: RAAS)
Cloopen is a Chinese cloud-based communications provider. In 2019, it was the largest multi-capable solution provider in China by revenue. Cloopen offers a full suite of products, such as communications platform as a service, cloud-based contact centers, and cloud-based communications and collaborations. The company works across a number of industries, from telecommunications and finance to education and energy.
In 2018, Cloopen recorded $77.5 million in revenue with a gross profit of $29.1 million. The next year, the company’s revenue increased 30% to $100.5 million. Gross profit also increased to $41.3 million, a growth of 42%. For the nine months ended September 2020, Cloopen reported increased revenue, going from $65.9 million in 2019 to $78.7 million. That’s a growth of 19.4%. Gross profit also increased. It grew 14.7%, from $27.2 in 2019 to $31.2 million in 2020. However, Cloopen isn’t yet profitable. In 2018, net loss was $24 million. It increased to a loss of $28.4 million in 2019. And for the nine months ended September 2020, net loss was $31.5 million. That’s greater than Cloopen’s net loss of $20 million for the same time period in 2019.***
Cloopen filed on January 21, 2021. The offering was priced at $16 on February 8, 2021. The company offered 20 million shares, for a deal size of $320 million. This gave Cloopen a market cap of $2.35 billion.
You can look at Cloopen Group Holdings’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 200%
***Financial data calculated according to the RMB to USD conversion rate on March 4, 2021.
Vor Biopharma (Nasdaq: VOR)
Vor is a biotech company. It focuses on developing therapies for hematological (blood) cancers. The company uses cell technology. It claims traditional treatments aren’t effective against tumor targets on healthy cells. As a result, 40% of patients relapse, with less than 20% survival rates for two years. Vor aims to create a single therapy to remove tumor cells from healthy cells.
Vor has no revenue or income. It’s the first thing the company lists as a risk factor:
Since inception, we have not generated any revenue and have incurred significant operating losses. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, our net loss was $4.2 million and $10.8 million, respectively. Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $27.7 million. As of September 30, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of $45.6 million. We have financed our operations primarily through private placements of our preferred stock. We have devoted all of our efforts to organizing and staffing our company, business and scientific planning, raising capital, acquiring and developing technology, identifying potential product candidates, undertaking research and preclinical studies of potential product candidates, developing manufacturing capabilities and evaluating a clinical path for our pipeline programs. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.
Vor Biopharma filed to go public on January 15, 2021. The company priced almost 10 million shares on February 4, 2021 at $18 per share. The deal raised about $177 million. This gave Vor a market cap of $711 million.
You can look at Vor Biopharma’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 108.3%
Viant Technology (Nasdaq: DSP)
Viant is an advertising software company. Its main offering is its demand-side platform, Adelphic. According to Viant, its software allows users to plan, buy and measure advertising campaigns. Additionally, the self-service platform offers advanced forecasting and reporting. It also allows users to buy ads on desktop, mobile, TV and digital billboards, to name a few.
Although the company started in 1999, Viant was reorganizing, giving little financial data. The company offers 2019 numbers and 2020 estimates for the year since bookkeeping wasn’t finished at the time of the prospectus. For the year ended 2019, Viant recorded $164.9 million in revenue. It estimates $163 to $165 million for revenue in 2020. In 2019, net income was $9.9 million. Viant estimates a growth of 107% for a projection of $20 to $21 million in net income for 2020.
Viant filed on January 15, 2021. It priced on February 9, 2021. The company offered 10 million shares at $25 per share. Viant raised $250 million for a market cap of $1.6 billion.
You can look at Viant Technology’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 90.9%
Baosheng Media Group Holdings (Nasdaq: BAOS)
Baosheng is a Chinese online marketing service provider for advertisers and media companies. The company advises on online marketing strategies, offers advertising optimization services and helps deploy online ads. It also helps online media companies get advertisers to buy ad space across multiple channels.
In 2018, Baosheng reported revenue of $16.2 million. It grew almost 10% to $17.85 million in 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, Baosheng recorded $9.8 million in revenue. That’s a decrease in revenue from the same time period in 2019 when revenue was close to $11 million. The company is profitable, however. In 2018, net income was $9.2 million. It grew to $11.2 million in 2019 for a growth rate of 21.7%. And for the six months in 2020, net income fell to $6.2 million from $6.8 million the year before.
Baosheng Media filed on July 10, 2020. It priced seven months later on February 8, 2021. The company sold 6 million shares at an offer price of $5. The deal size was $30 million for a market cap of $132 million.
You can look at Baosheng Media Group Holdings’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 77.2%
Talis Biomedical (Nasdaq: TLIS)
Talis Biomedical develops diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. It aims to commercialize products for accurate, reliable, lost cost and rapid molecular testing. The company is developing the Talis One platform. It’s a cloud-enabled sample-to-answer platform to diagnose at point-of-care. Talis believes that more accurate testing at the point-of-care leads to better and effective treatment and care. The company is also making a COVID-19 test with the hope it will receive an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA.
Since Talis doesn’t have any products currently available, the company doesn’t have revenue from sales. Instead, the company lists grant revenue on its financial statements. In 2018, Talis received $2.4 million in grant revenue. It increased to nearly $4 million in 2019. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Talis had $10.7 million in grant revenue. This is a big increase from 2019, when it was $2.5 million. Additionally, the company notes it has recurring losses, citing $21.3 million and $27.5 million for 2018 and 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020 Talis had an accumulated deficit of $128.7 million.
Talis filed with the SEC on January 22, 2021. It priced on February 11, 2021 at $16 a share. The deal offered 13.8 million shares for a deal size of $221 million. The IPO gave Talis a market cap of $948 million.
You can look at Talis Biomedical’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 73.8%
Recent IPOs: January
The RLX Technologies IPO was the top recent IPO for January 2021.
RLX Technologies (NYSE: RLX)
RLX Technologies is a Chinese e-vapor company. It claims it was the No. 1 brand in terms of retail sales in 2019, taking 48% of the market share of closed-system e-vapor products. And it was ranked first for brand awareness in a survey conducted by China Insights Consultancy in September 2020. Among users of e-vapor products in China, 67.6% recognized the brand.
RLX’s finances show increasing revenue numbers. In 2018, the company recorded about $20.5 million in revenue. Then RLX saw a huge jump in 2019, with $239.8 million in revenue. That’s an increase of more than 1,000%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, RLX reported revenue of $176.3 million. And for the same time period in 2020, net revenue was $340.7 million, a growth rate of 93.3%. Additionally, RLX recorded profit for the year ended 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net income was $7.4 million and $16.8 million, respectively.***
RLX filed to go public on December 31, 2020. The RLX IPO date was January 21, 2021. The company offered 116.5 million shares at an offer price of $12 a share. The deal raised nearly $1.4 billion for a market cap of $18.6 billion.
You can look at RLX Technologies’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 145.9%
***Financial data calculated according to the RMB to USD conversion rate on February 3, 2021.
Poshmark (Nasdaq: POSH)
Poshmark is an e-commerce website. It was founded in 2011 to make buying and selling “simple, social and fun,” according to the company’s preliminary prospectus. In 2019, the company’s active users spent 27 minutes a day on average browsing Poshmark’s market. The company’s categories include apparel, accessories, footwear, home and beauty. Poshmark claims its technology “enables simple transactions, seamless logistics and an engaging experience at scale.” The company had 31.7 million active users, 6.2 million active buyers and 4.5 million active sellers as of September 30, 2020.
Poshmark’s revenue comes from fees charged to marketplace sellers. In 2018, Poshmark recorded $148.3 million in revenue. That increased to $205.2 million in 2019. a growth rate of 38.4%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Poshmark had $150.5 million in revenue. That increased 28.1% to $192.8 million for the same time period in 2020. However, Poshmark isn’t yet profitable. In 2018, net loss was $14.5 million. And in 2019, that grew to $48.7 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, net loss was $20.9 million.
The company filed to go public on December 17, 2020. The Poshmark IPO date was January 13, 2021. Shares were priced at $42. The offering sold 6.6 million shares, for a deal size of $277 million. Poshmark’s post-IPO market cap is almost $3.5 billion.
You can look at Poshmark’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 141.7%
Qilian International Holding (Nasdaq: QLI)
Qilian is a Chinese pharmaceutical and chemical company. It develops, manufactures, markets and sells its products. Its offerings include licorice products, oxytetracycline products, traditional Chinese medicine and fertilizers.
In 2018, Qilian reported $50.4 million in revenue. In 2019, revenue fell 9.3% to $46.1 million. On March 31, 2019, Qilian had $27.2 million in revenue. For the same time period in 2020, Qilian recorded an increase of 2.2%, reaching $27.8 million in revenue. And Qilian is a profitable company. In addition to recording gross profit, Qilian has net income. In 2018, net income was $5.2 million. That grew 13.5% to $5.9 million in 2019. For the six months ended March 31, 2019, net income totaled $$5 million. That fell to $4.2 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020.
Qilian International filed on November 11, 2019, taking more than a year to complete the IPO process. The Qilian IPO date was January 11, 2021. It offered 5 million shares. The offering was priced at $5 a share, for a total deal size of $25 million. Qilian’s post-IPO market cap is $175 million.
You can look at Qilian International Holding’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 100%
Affirm (Nasdaq: AFRM)
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin founded Affirm with Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz and Alex Rampell in 2012. Affirm is a technology company. It provides e-commerce solutions. It allows consumers to make purchases in interest-free installments. Additionally, Affirm has an app to help people manage payments or open high-yield savings accounts.
On the one hand, the company has revenue growth. In 2019, net revenue was $264.4 million. For the year ending June 30, 2020, revenue grew 92.7% to $509.5 million. And the trend continued for the three months ending September 30. In 2019, revenue was $87.9 million for this time period. But in 2020, that increased to $174 million, a growth rate of 98%. On the other hand, Affirm isn’t yet profitable. Affirm had a net loss of $120.5 million in 2019. However, the company decreased its net loss to $112.6 million in 2020. And for the three months ended September 30, net loss decreased from $30.8 million in 2019 to $15.3 million in 2020.
Affirm filed on November 18, 2020. The Affirm IPO date was January 12, 2021. It offered 24.6 million shares at $49 a share, up from its original price range of $41 to $44. The total deal size was $1.2 billion, giving Affirm a market cap of almost $14.8 billion.
You can look at Affirm’s prospectus here.
First Day Return: 98.4%
Motorsport Games (Nasdaq: MSGM)
Motorsport Games is a racing game developer, publisher and esports system provider. The company works on games for sports such NASCAR, plus the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race and its associate, the FIA World Endurance Championship. Motorsport Games strives to deliver high-quality and innovative experiences for racers, gamers and fans of all age groups. It is the official developer and publisher of the NASCAR video game racing franchise. NASCAR reached about 475 million homes in 2019 and is only part of the company’s market.
In 2018, Motorsport reported $14.8 million in revenue. This dropped to $11.85 million in 2019. But for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Motorsport had $16.1 million in revenue. This was a 67.7% increase from the same time period in 2019, when revenue was $9.6 million. However, Motorsport doesn’t have steady profitability yet. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Motorsport’s net loss was $2.6 million. That increased in 2019 to net loss of $3.6 million. And for the nine months ended September 2019, net loss was $2.9 million. However, for the first nine months of 2020, Motorsport recorded net income of more than $875,000.
Motorsport filed on December 18, 2020. The Motorsport Games IPO date was January 12, 2021. The company offered a total of 3 million shares. Priced at the high end of its expected range, shares sold for $20 apiece, for a deal size of $60 million. Motorsport Games market cap is $346 million.
You can look at Motorsport Games’ prospectus here.
First Day Return: 75%
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