Weekly Secondary Performance Report – 5.11.18

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This past week 16 secondary offerings came to market in another light week and IPO Boutique placed BUY ratings on 9 of them. In all, $5.34bn was raised by companies in the secondary market this week.

The average gain of IPO Boutique BUY rated offerings this week at first trade was 2.2%

The average gain of IPO Boutique Neutral rated offerings this week at first trade was 0.8%.

The last 20 IPO Boutique ‘BUY’ rated secondary offerings have produced an average gain of 2.4% at first trade and an average gain of 6.9% at the high of their first-day of trading.

The secondary market began to pick up steam this past week as quarterly earnings have for the most part come to a close. As a whole, it was an extremely good week to be trade the syndicate calendar as the 16 offerings averaged a 1.8% return at first trade. Furthermore, the 16 offerings closed, on average, 2.4% above their offering price representing an aftermarket appetite for the transactions.

The largest deal this week was a $1.49bn cash raise from PPL Corporation (PPL). J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Citigroup worked on the 55.0mm share overnight transaction. The deal priced at $27.00 as just a 1.6% discount to its last trade of $27.45. PPL opened at $27.70 and traded as high as $28.15 in its opening session before closing at $27.90 or 2.9% above its offering price. IPO Boutique rated this large cash raise a BUY.

Other secondary offerings that outperformed included PlayAGS Inc (AGS), Weight Watchers International (WTW) and AxoGen Inc (AXGN) which opened with gains of 6.7%, 5.1% and 3.7% at first trade. The offering that traded the best in the aftermarket was Integra LifeSciences Holdings (IART) which opened flat in respect to its $58.50 offering price but closed 10.1% above its offering price with a final trade of $64.42 during its offering day. IPO Boutique placed BUY ratings on all four of these offerings.

There are currently zero secondary offerings on the schedule for next week.

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Weekly Secondary Performance Report – 5.11.18
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