CRSP IPO Report Q4 2024

CRSP US Total Market Index includes most of the new IPOs within five trading days of listing. This new report looks at the trends in IPOs and their impact on CRSP Market Indexes.

Notable items with this release include:

  • The total capitalization of the new issues 66.2% lower than Q4’23, and 44.8% lower than Q3’24
  • The number of new issues in Q4’24 is increased comparing to Q3’24 and approaches towards the numbers seen in late 2023 and early 2024
  • The number of de-SPACs is less than the number of IPOs contributing to the new issues in Q4’24

    Click here to view the full report.

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