{"id":26964,"date":"2023-09-22T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/?p=26964"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:59:42","slug":"ipo-update-choppy-aftermarket-waters-creates-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/ipo-update-choppy-aftermarket-waters-creates-worries\/","title":{"rendered":"IPO Update: Choppy Aftermarket Waters Creates Worries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post-<\/span>Labor Day IPO market<\/b> started with a bang.<\/span><\/p>\n

But that bang turned out to only be a thud.<\/b><\/p>\n

Three high profile companies performed the window-dressing needed to launch an IPO in early September — <\/span>Arm Holdings, Instacart and Klaviyo<\/b>. All three, according to our sources, were <\/span>massively<\/b> oversubscribed<\/b>. Investors piled into the IPO order book and were clamoring for shares following a highly publicized new issues market drought.<\/span><\/p>\n

The opening trade “pop” brought strong returns of 10%, 40% and 22.5% for <\/span>ARM, CART and KVYO<\/b>, respectively. However, those gains as of the close on September 20 were pared to just 3.8%, 0.3% and 9.2% very, very quickly. Why is this important? It’s because a healthy IPO market provides stable trading in the days following an IPO. Think price attractively and trade beautifully.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting here in the post-mortem pit — that did not happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most egregious of the September trio, <\/span>Instacart<\/b>, opened for trade at $42.00 and broke its issue price on its second day as a public company.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Elon Musk infamously said, <\/span>“Let that sink in”.<\/b><\/p>\n

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We have seen the headlines gushing about the opening gains and tabbing the whole process a “success”…but the aftermarket activity indicates otherwise. <\/span>So, what happened?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the terms being adjusted prior to pricing these IPOs. <\/span>Arm Holdings<\/b> priced at the high end of the range and did resist a price range increase…but the same could not be said about <\/span>Instacart<\/b> or <\/span>Klaviyo<\/b>. After an “IPO freeze”… the underwriters <\/span>believed<\/span><\/i> that the demand determined a range bump of two bucks and a follow-through pricing of either high-end or $1 above the upwardly-revised range.\u00a0 It is fair to have a “balance” between the company and investors as to not have the sellers of the shares (company) feel like they are “leaving money on the table”.<\/span>\u00a0 But, in this case, was it truly<\/b> warranted?<\/b><\/p>\n

The reality is that if you are the first to test the IPO market after a hiatus, a <\/span>significant discount<\/b> is needed to create an impression that you are practically “giving away the shares”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Make it such an appealing pricing that the deal is forced to have staying power.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The next failure came at the order book level prior to pricing these IPOs<\/span>. All three of the “high profile” IPOs were massively oversubscribed with the underwriters having given the luxury to practically “handpick” the investors they wanted in the book.<\/b> Would there still be <\/span>some <\/span><\/i>flippers? Of course. But the banks massively failed in getting an order book of buyers that really believed in the company and would support a buy level and add to their IPO allocation positions. Despite the bankers supposedly zeroing out buyers from specific allocations, hedge-fund flippers are always prevalent on every deal. In this case, they were hiding in the shadows scooping up allocations for short term returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LINK TO THE IPO SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK OF 09\/18\/23- 09\/22\/23<\/em><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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For crying out loud…look at the volume on the Instacart IPO. <\/b>The float was traded nearly two-times over. <\/i><\/b>Beyond this, we have heard rumors circulating that some of the “cornerstone investors” in CART were allowed to sell right away and did just that.<\/b><\/p>\n

Finally, let’s look at the opening print and stabilization of the IPOs from a general perspective. <\/span>Instacart and Klaviyo were “walked up” to opening prints that were much more eye-popping but left a massive miscalculation<\/b>. A 40% return at first trade for Instacart would create the impression that <\/span>so many <\/span><\/i>investors want a piece of this at the higher price. It is clear in hindsight that the deal <\/span>did not have the iron-clad buyers<\/b> that the market-makers believed they were getting.<\/span><\/p>\n

The short-sighted nature of investors \u201ccould\u201d also be a byproduct of the timing versus macro-headwinds.<\/b> With the Federal Reserve making headlines Wednesday, auto worker union strikes in full-tilt, student loan debt coming online and a potential government shutdown all being relevant issues over the next 30-days…maybe those risks were enough in itself to press the sell button on “risk-on investments” despite the lip service to the contrary in order to obtain those shares at the issue price.<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s a couple ways to think about this. One, the failure of these three IPOs in the aftermarket<\/span> could potentially be warning flags for some companies attempting to go public<\/b>. But, on the contrary,<\/span> it could also be part of the process of truly opening the IPO window<\/b>. The first move is not always the right move. The sellers of these stocks could be trading in short term gains to those buyers who see a long term future with a now more attractively priced company.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will find out pretty quickly how the IPO market will respond as<\/span> Birkenstock’s IPO <\/b>could potentially set terms and launch its IPO as soon as next week.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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