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IPO Calendar: These are the IPOs you need to watch
Here’s a collection of some of the most talked-about public offerings for the year ahead.
Last year was reportedly the biggest year for IPOs since the dot-com boom, and 2021 may have surpassed it. Below you’ll find the available details for some of the year’s expected initial public offerings. If no date has been set, some of these may wait until 2022.
Note that we’re not recommending these IPOs. Use this guide for your own research and due diligence before making any investment decisions.
Most anticipated IPOs for 2021-2022
Below, you’ll find some of the most anticipated initial public offerings for the month ahead. We expect these IPOs to generate a lot of buzz, and several of them have done so already.
Chobani
Chobani, Yogurt giant Chobani filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, solidifying its plans to conduct an initial public offering.
- Expected to go public: Sometime in 2022
Databricks
Databricks, best known for a unified data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, is reportedly considering an IPO before the end of 2021. The company's tech is already used by 5,000 organizations, and its latest funding round suggested a valuation of $38 billion, according the news reports.
- Expected to go public: Sometime in 2022
- Valuation: $38 billion
iFit
iFit sells home fitness equipment and offers apps designed for use in interactive workouts. Based in Logan, Utah, it was rebranded last summer to emphasize these products. But its brands include names like NordicTrack and Weider that are well-known in both home and public gyms. The IPO was expected to launch in early October, but the company delayed the offering and no firm date has been set.
- Expected to go public: Sometime in 2022
Impossible Foods
Impossible Foods, plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods is reportedly in talks to conduct an initial public offering that could value the company at about $10 billion, sources say.
- Expected to go public: Sometime in 2022
Here are some of the other high-profile IPOs our editors are watching. (This is not a complete list of upcoming IPOs.)
Expected IPOs
| Stock | Tentative date | Status | Exchange | Symbol | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eToro | 2022 | Rumor | Nasdaq | - | Learn more |
| Chime | 2022 | Rumor | - | - | Learn more |
| GameWorks | - | Sec- filing | Nasdaq | GMWX | Learn more |
| Chobani | Late 2021 at the earliest | Rumor | - | - | Learn more |
| Databricks | Late 2021 at the earliest | Rumor | - | - | Learn more |
| iFit | Late 2021 at the earliest | Sec- filing | Nasdaq | IFIT | Learn more |
| Stripe | - | Rumor | - | - | Learn more |
| Impossible Foods | Late 2021 at the earliest | Rumor | - | - | Learn more |
What’s an IPO?
Companies stage an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital and to reward early investors, officers and workers who’ve been given ownership shares. In a public offering, shares are sold via an underwriter, with most going to large institutional investors and select high-net worth investors.
In rare cases, the average retail investor may be invited to participate, but most will have to wait until shares are trading on an exchange.
On this page you’ll see two other kinds of initial offerings:
- Direct listings: In a direct listing, a private company sells existing shares held by employees or private shareholders on an exchange with no intermediary. The price per share depends upon how willing existing shareholders are to part with their shares.
- SPACs: In a SPAC merger, a company seeking to go public merges with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a blank check company with no operations other than to bring a private company public. This saves the private company time and effort, and it may increase its eventual share price. Public investors can buy into SPACs before the merger, but they rarely know what company a SPAC will take public.
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Pros and Cons
- If you can get in before a stock is traded on the exchange, you get a fixed price that often moves up quickly when the stock enters the market.
- You get in early on new companies with big plans for growth that can lead to big stock-price gains.
- Interest is likely to be high, particularly with a brand-name company, which will raise the stock price.
- The share price can be volatile around the time of an IPO, and if you buy on the market, you may be overpaying.
- Even the pre-IPO price may be too high, and the price may fall instead of rise.
- New companies can be risky as big plans for growth often do not work out.
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