Nasdaq Leads U.S. Exchanges for IPOs in 2015
April 01 2015 - 12:07PM
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that it welcomed 43 new listings,
including 27 initial public offerings (IPOs) on The Nasdaq Stock
Market in the first quarter of 2015, more than double the number of
IPOs of any other U.S. exchange. Combined proceeds raised by
Nasdaq’s first quarter IPOs totaled approximately $2.8 billion.
Nasdaq remains the leading U.S. exchange for healthcare, financial
and venture capital-backed IPOs and welcomed the largest technology
deal year-to-date with Inovalon Holdings (Nasdaq:INOV). In the
first quarter Nasdaq’s IPOs have returned on average an increase of
23 percent from their offer price, above the market average return
for all U.S. IPOs of 21 percent.
“The strong number of new listings this quarter exemplifies the
strength of our capital markets and diverse make-up of the Nasdaq
brand, with listings from the healthcare, technology and financial
sectors,” said Nelson Griggs, Executive Vice President of Listings
Services at Nasdaq. “We are encouraged by the positive
momentum during the first quarter and see a strong pipeline of
activity for the remainder of 2015.”
Additional commentary on new listing activity from Joseph
Brantuk, Vice President of New Listings at Nasdaq, can be viewed
here: http://youtu.be/m1vaS-DEXos
FIRST QUARTER 2015 NASDAQ U.S. LISTING
HIGHLIGHTS
Nasdaq is proud to have garnered the following achievements in
the first quarter of 2015:
- 68 percent of all U.S. IPOs, with listings from across
healthcare, financials and technology including:
- Inovalon Holdings (Nasdaq:INOV)
- Spark Therapeutics (Nasdaq:ONCE)
- SolarEdge Technologies (Nasdaq:SEDG)
- Cellectis SA (Nasdaq:CLLS)
- 8 of the top 10 best performing IPOs in 2015
- 80 percent of all venture capital-backed IPOs
- 88 percent of international IPOs listed on the U.S.
markets
- Welcomed transfers to Nasdaq from competing exchanges including
Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq:AMD) and Towers Watson*
(Nasdaq:TW)
2015 |
TOTAL NEW LISTINGS AS OF
MARCH 31** |
43 |
Initial Public
Offerings*** |
27 |
Upgrades from
Over-the-Counter |
9 |
ETF, Structured Products,
Reverse Mergers & Other Listings |
4 |
Transfers to Nasdaq from
Competing Exchanges |
2 |
*Previously dual-listed, Towers Watson voluntarily
single-listed on Nasdaq as of March 13, 2015
**Data source: Nasdaq, FactSet, EDGAR Online
***Includes the following capital raising events as priced
between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015: IPO, REIT, SPAC, BDC,
Foreign Exchange Dual Listing, Best Effort and Spin-offs
FIRST QUARTER 2015 NASDAQ NORDICS LISTING
HIGHLIGHTS
“We are very pleased with the first quarter of 2015 for the
Nasdaq Nordics listing business,” said Adam Kostyal, Senior Vice
President of European Listings at Nasdaq. “This has been the best
start since 1965 in Stockholm; we are seeing companies from diverse
sectors join the Nordic Nasdaq family and as such creating a
dynamic and vibrant marketplace.”
- 20 listings - 7 Main Market and 13 First North
- 16 listings Sweden - 6 Main Market and 10 First North
- Total capital raised is over $1.5 billion
- Strong pipeline for 2015
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that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include,
but are not limited to, statements about Nasdaq’s listings business
and other businesses, products and offerings. We caution that these
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