Sentences with phrase «higher ipo»

Ferragamo May Seek Higher IPO Rating Than Prada (Bloomberg)» [Salvatore Ferragamo] may seek a higher valuation multiple than its bigger rival Prada SpA... [the company] may be valued at as much as 2.25 billion euros ($ 3.2 billion), or 26 times estimated 2012 profit.»

The volume of initial public offerings rose 40 % last year, with the US recording the highest IPO activity since 2008.

In fact, Facebook poached one of Google's top sales executives a few years ago, and is able to offer the prospect of a potentially sky - high IPO in the near term.

The ongoing fiscal has witnessed the highest IPO activity since 2007 - 08, when companies had mopped up Rs 52,219 crore through the route

Besides, the ongoing fiscal has witnessed the highest IPO activity since 2007 - 08, when companies had mopped up Rs 52,219 crore through the route.

Not exact matches

The firm has carved a niche for itself covering high - growth tech firms; it recently predicted Tableau's successful IPO.

«I would guess it is about evens that there will be no international IPO,» said a high - level source familiar with the preparations, according to Reuters.

• BK Brasil Operação e Assessoria a Restaurantes SA, the Brazilian operator of Burger King, is expected to price its IPO at the high end of its range, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

There is one positive sign that Snap has timed its IPO perfectly: U.S. stocks hit new highs on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising more than 300 points to above 21,000 for the first time.

For many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year before?

The IPO could value it higher or lower.

Investors in highly valued start - ups have been concerned about the willingness of public market investors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fund manager.

The company priced its IPO higher than expected at $ 12.50 per share, a $ 1 billion valuation.

High expectations quickly collapsed after a troubled IPO left investors feeling particularly antisocial.

High - end parka maker Canada Goose — an important consumer IPO — will be pricing shares next week.

Of course, Facebook made its debut with high hopes, only to see its stock fall below the IPO price by the second day of trading.

With Facebook's stock reaching all - time highs and Twitter announcing an IPO, you may be thinking that now's a good time to add a tech stock to your portfolio.

Still, the massive price increase means that Mulesoft left money on the table when it offered because it could have set its IPO price higher than $ 17, potentially raising more money from investors.

Nutanix is one of the high - profile unicorns, or venture - backed tech companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, that have been waiting in the IPO pipeline.

«Whether they made their money lobbying lawmakers at the Capitol or cashed in on a tech IPO, rich millennials are clustered in cities where there are lots of high - paying professional jobs,» reads a post today on Zillow's Porchlight blog.

Privately placed funding rounds ahead of IPOs are a commonly used tactic by sought - after Chinese companies to establish high valuations.

This year is looking more promising, with high - profile IPOs from the likes of Shopify, Cara Operations, and Stingray Digital.

Indeed, Renaissance's fund, which tracks IPOs, is just off all - time highs, as companies who went public earlier are stabilizing and doing well, Smith said.

«[Our IPO] is an extremely important step towards our goal of becoming a world leader in high - performance and sustainable specification - grade LED lighting solutions.»

The fact that companies today are building most of their value pre-IPO versus post-IPO (if they IPO at all) means that investors who don't have access to high - quality venture capital and other private opportunities are missing out on considerable gains.

The latest report departs from previous estimates pegging the company's value during an IPO at $ 25 to $ 35 billion, higher than the $ 20 billion valuation Snap received when it raised funding earlier this year.

It's further proof of the public markets» unrelenting interest in biotech startups — the health care industry produced the highest number of IPOs in 2013.

The IPO market has been tepid despite a few high - profile splashes from companies such as the Shake Shack burger chain and online storage company Box.

«With the right tools and right culture, regular people can answer those questions themselves,» said Elissa Fink, chief marketing officer at Tableau Software, which has been the tech sector's biggest IPO of 2013, and after an initial public offering price of $ 31 has traded as high as $ 59.

At the high end, Facebook and its current shareholders could raise as much as $ 13.58 billion — far more than the $ 1.9 billion raised in the 2004 offering for current Internet IPO record - holder Google Inc..

The filing comes amid a recent slew of high - profile IPOs.

The pricing and high demand reflect what Wall Street's top investment firms think about the stock, and telegraphs how the year's most anticipated IPO might fare in the public market.

Among the IPOs that rank higher than Facebook's, according to Renaissance Capital, are Visa Inc.'s $ 17.9 billion IPO in March 2008, the largest for a U.S. company, and world - topper Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., which raised $ 19.3 billion in July 2010.

Alibaba faces the challenge of living up to the high expectations of investors and analysts after its IPO in September, but its shares have increased by more than 20 % since then, and its $ 285 billion market cap exceeds that of Walmart by about $ 30 billion.

At the high end of the expected IPO price range, his holdings will be worth $ 17.6 billion.

Many upcoming offerings were put on ice; even Hambrecht and Quist, the well - regarded high - tech underwriter, suspended its own IPO.

The GM IPO of two years ago is cited as a recent example of seeing a stock price initially go up $ 6 or $ 7 higher than the IPO the first day, and then settle back down a day or two later.

On Thursday, however, Snap updated its IPO filing with a proposed stock price for when it goes public in March (under stock symbol «SNAP»), and it's not quite as high as had been widely expected.

The high - end speaker maker, which has partnered with Amazon for voice - controlled smarts, confidentially filed for an IPO that would value the company at up to $ 3 billion.

«US companies are dropping IPOs and selling themselves at the highest rate in three years, underscoring the gap between volatile financial markets and a booming merger business,» The Journal says.

The determination of Albertsons» majority owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, to carry out the IPO despite volatility in the stock markets underscores its confidence that it can fetch a high valuation for Albertsons.

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The company did pop on day 1 of its IPO but has fallen ~ 41 % since its first - day high of $ 23.23, as the graph below from Bloomberg illustrates.

Europe's technology sector has made «a lot of progress» in the last five years, says Clif Marriott of the Technology, Media and Telecom group in Goldman Sachs» Investment Banking Division, evidenced by the increasing number of unicorns — private companies valued at over one billion dollars — in the European tech scene, the homecoming of the continent's top talent and the high number of successful IPOs of European companies.

Last year's IPO total came in at $ 85.2 billion, the highest total in the past 10 years.

When Goldman Sachs (GS) and Digital Sky Technologies invested $ 500 million in Facebook, propelling its valuation to a new high of $ 50 billion, they renewed chatter about whether the social network was gearing up for an IPO.

Hong Kong has secured its second high - profile tech IPO inside a week.

A recent pullback in late - and mid-stage investing and the cooling IPO market are expected to make capital tougher to raise for high - priced companies.

Once you made your money through an IPO and prices skyrocketed, now people are hesitant to stay (sell high, buy low)

Adding an experienced, high - powered CFO is often read as a move that a business is eyeing an IPO.