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Welcome to the Investors Hub IPO Channel where we will bring you the latest information on upcoming IPO’s and focus on the biggest new listings to the market – like the recent Twitter IPO.
An IPO is short for an initial public offering. Like the name says, it's when a company initially offers shares of Stocks to the public. This is also known as going public. An IPO is the first time the companies owners give up a percentage of their business to stockholders.
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Launched in 2006 Twitter is a leading social network site and microblogging platform that, according to its last released figures, has 200m users worldwide. Currently earning 65% of its revenue through advertising, the company expects to earn $600m in 2013, up from $317m in 2012. In September 2013 the company announced that it had applied to become listed company and aimed to raise $1bn, which would make it the year’s largest Silicon Valley floatation. After tweeting “We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.” Twitter entered a new era. Twitter’s plans to raise $1bn from the listing reflect the rapid growth and increased popularity of the site since its launch in 2006. In 2010 the company reported annual revenue of $28m before experiencing an over 1,000% rise to $317m in 2012. The company, which has yet to make a profit and currently raises more than 65% of its revenue from advertising, faces the challenge of turning its estimated 250m users into profit for shareholders. Twitter has reported that it has brought in $168.6m during the third quarter of 2013, double that of the same period in 2012, but rival Facebook is expected to announce $1.9bn in revenue during the same quarter. A further challenge facing Twitter is user retention and usage. In a recent poll for Reuters conducted by Ipsos found that 36% of people with accounts have stopped using the platform, with a further 7% of previous users saying that they had deleted their accounts. This compares to 7% of Facebook users who have stopped using the site and 5% of those polled having deleted their profiles. |
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| Logo | Company | Market | Price | Shares | Offer Amount | Expected IPO Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | NYSE | $1,000,000,000 | October 26th 2013 | |||
 | Argos Therapeutics Inc | NASDAQ | 13.00 | 4,250,000 | $73,312,500 | February 7, 2014 |
 | Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc | NASDAQ | 14.00 | 3,333,333 | $61,333,328 | February 13, 2014 |
 | Egalet Corp | NASDAQ | 11.00 | 3,500,000 | $52,325,000 | February 7, 2014 |
 | Flexion Therapeutics Ltd | NASDAQ | 12.00 | 5,000,000 | $80,500,000 | February 12, 2014 |
 | Ladder Capital Corp | NYSE | 16.00 | 13,250,000 | $274,275,000 | February 7, 2014 |
 | Nephrogenex Inc | NASDAQ | 12.00 | 3,100,000 | $49,910,000 | February 7, 2014 |
 | Semler Scientific Inc | NASDAQ | 12.00 | 1,150,000 | $18,515,000 | February 14, 2014 |
 | Sundance Energy Australia Ltd | NASDAQ | 16.50 | 7,750,000 | $164,881,250 | February 21, 2014 |
IPO stands for Initial Public Offering. It is when a privately held company launches on the stock exchange by offering shares for sale to the general public.
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