U.S. IPO market braces for 17 deals this week, and at least two of them are worth more than $1 billion
The U.S. initial public offering is gearing up for another busy week with 17 deals on tap and at least two expected to raise more than $1 billion.
The biggest deal is that of Chinese logistics company Full Truck Alliance YMM, which priced early Tuesday and raised $1.56 billion. The company sold 82.5 million American depositary shares in the IPO, which priced at $19 per ADS, the top of the expected pricing range of $17 to $19.
Each ADS represented 20 ordinary shares. With 21.73 billion ordinary shares outstanding, the IPO pricing values the company at about $20.64 billion. The stock is expected to start trading Tuesday on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “YMM.” Morgan Stanley, CICC and Goldman Sachs are the lead underwriters.
For the quarter ending March 31, the company recorded a net loss of RMB197.0 million ($30.2 million) on revenue of RMB867.2 million ($132.9 million), following a loss of RMB63.3 million on revenue of RMB438.6 million in the same period a year before.
“It’s a very fast-growing business, almost like an Uber for trucks,” said Dr. Josef Schuster, founder of IPOX Schuster LLC and chief architect of the IPOX Indexes.
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The company has institutional investor backing from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and an entity affiliated with Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi–based sovereign investor, which have agreed to act as anchor investors, he added.
“That’s always good for initial sentiment,” said Schuster. “It’s not cheap — all logistics companies trade at 10 to 20 times sales so investors need to pay up but it’s top of our list.”
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The second biggest deal of the week is that of healthcare manager Bright Health Group BHG,
Data software company Confluent Inc. CFLT,
“We have pioneered a new category of data infrastructure designed to connect all the applications, systems, and data layers of a company around a real-time central nervous system,” the company says in its IPO filing documents. “This new data infrastructure software has emerged as one of the most strategic parts of the next-generation technology stack, and using this stack to harness data in motion is critical to the success of modern companies as they strive to compete and win in the digital-first world.”
Mister Car Wash MCW,
Digital doctors network Doximity DOCS,
“We are the leading digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, as measured by the number of U.S. physician members, with over 1.8 million medical professional members as of March 31, 2021,” the company says in its IPO filing documents. “Our members include more than 80% of physicians across all 50 states and every medical specialty.”
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“It’s more like a seasoned private-equity deal,” said Schuster. “I think it will be well received given its growth rates. Again, it’s not cheap, at the midpoint of its price range it’s about 19 times sales in valuation, so there is no room for error once they report.”
Rounding out the list: customer-experience software maker Sprinklr CXM,
The Renaissance IPO ETF IPO,