{"id":1090,"date":"2015-12-22T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2015-12-22T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:04:02","slug":"2015-underwriter-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/2015-underwriter-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Underwriter Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We begin our statistical review of the 2015 calendar year with our annual, statistical review of how the underwriters fared. Included in the graphic below is the underwriter&#8217;s performance among deals they were book-runners on.\u00a0 We have cut the list down to include underwriters who participated as main book-runners in 10 or more deals for 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UWsShorter.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UWsShorter.png\" alt=\"UWsShorter\" width=\"654\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UWsShorter.png 654w, https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UWsShorter-600x343.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UWsShorter-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Stanley led the way in performance. They were really boosted by a strong first half of the year where they were on 17 deals that produced a 34% return above the offering price at first trade. The only other underwriter with a year-to-date performance of 20% or more above the offering price at first trade is J.P. Morgan. Their 33 deals produced a 22.7% return for their clients. J.P. Morgan had an even better success rate before a weaker fourth quarter where they saw its deals return just 9.7% above the offering price.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of quantity of deals underwritten in 2015, BoA Merrill Lynch leads the way with 47 deals with Goldman Sachs &amp; Co not far behind with 39.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an entire list of underwriter performance for the fourth quarter and year.<\/p>\n<table width=\"1069\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"872\"><strong>Quarterly Report &#8211; 4th Quarter (October 1, 2015-December 31, 2015)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Underwriter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Deals 4Q<\/td>\n<td>YTD Deals<\/td>\n<td>Average Gain 4Q<\/td>\n<td>Average Gain 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aegis Capital<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Allen &amp; Co.<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>5.5%<\/td>\n<td>5.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Axiom Capital Management<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Baird<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>7.0%<\/td>\n<td>12.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barclays<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>6.6%<\/td>\n<td>14.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BB&amp;T Capital<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>7.8%<\/td>\n<td>4.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNP PARIBAS<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>13.0%<\/td>\n<td>13.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BofA Merrill Lynch<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>7.4%<\/td>\n<td>17.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burnham Securities<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canaccord Genuity<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>1.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chardan Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>China Renaissance<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIBC<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>10.0%<\/td>\n<td>10.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citigroup<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>8.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cowen and Company<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>13.0%<\/td>\n<td>10.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Credit Agricole<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Credit Suisse<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>3.6%<\/td>\n<td>10.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D.A. Davidson &amp; Co.<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>9.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deutsche Bank Securities<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>3.6%<\/td>\n<td>12.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Evercore ISI<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-8.0%<\/td>\n<td>4.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FBR<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-13.0%<\/td>\n<td>-6.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goldman Sachs &amp; Co<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>7.2%<\/td>\n<td>15.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSBC<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J.P. Morgan<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>9.7%<\/td>\n<td>22.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jefferies<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>11.4%<\/td>\n<td>19.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keefe Bruyette &amp; Woods<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>14.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KeyBanc Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>40.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KKR<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ladenburg Thalmann &amp; Co.<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<td>5.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Laidlaw &amp; Company<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>6.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leerink Partners<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>5.3%<\/td>\n<td>14.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Macquarie Capital<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maxim Group<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1.0%<\/td>\n<td>-3.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mizuho Securities<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morgan Stanley<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>27.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>National Securities Corporation<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>30.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Needham &amp; Co.,<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>6.0%<\/td>\n<td>6.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Network 1 Financial Securities<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nomura<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northland Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oppenheimer &amp; Co.,<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>12.0%<\/td>\n<td>12.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pacific Crest Securities<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>-4.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Piper Jaffray<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PNC Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Raymond James<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-2.5%<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RBC Capital Markets<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>7.0%<\/td>\n<td>13.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roth Capital Partners<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>21.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sandler O&#8217; Neill Partners<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>10.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Scotia Howard Weil<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stephens Inc<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>7.5%<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sterne Agee<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stifel<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>24.0%<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td>8.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Huntington Investment Company<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UBS Investment Group<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>15.0%<\/td>\n<td>9.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ViewTrade Securities<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wedbush PacGrow<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wells Fargo<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>-0.3%<\/td>\n<td>6.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>William Blair<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>8.0%<\/td>\n<td>20.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WR Hambrecht + Co.<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>21.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wunderlich Securities<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We begin our statistical review of the 2015 calendar year with our annual, statistical review of how the underwriters fared. 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