IPOs this week : Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 20 (wk 40)

IPOs expected to price

• The big debut of the week is Palantir Technologies (PLTR), which is expected to start trading in a direct listing on the NYSE on September 30. Bankers think the software/data analytics company could start off in the $10 range, which would give it a lush market cap of just under $22B. The Denver-based company lost $580M in 2019. 
• Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), 
• Asana (ASAN),  (direct listing?)
• Boqii Holding (BQ), 
• Chindata Group Holdings (CD),  (data centers?)
• Immunome (IMNM), 
• WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI), 
• Mission Produce (AVO), 
• Pulmonx (LUNG) and 
• Yalla Group (YALA) 

IPO quiet period expirations

• PainReform (NASDAQ:PRFX) on September 29.

IPOs this week : April 27 - May 1, 20 (wk 18)

IPO quiet period expirations

• WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) on April 27 and 
• Zentalis Pharma (NASDAQ:ZNTL) on April 28. IPO share 

IPO lockup expirations

• Oyster Point (NASDAQ:OYST) and RAPT Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RAPT) on April 28. 

Amid the lack of new IPOs, the Renaissance IPO ETF (NYSEARCA:IPO) is still chugging along and is down only 3% YTD compared to a 12% decline in the S&P 500. Top performers for the ETF include Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), Zoom Video (NASDAQ:ZM) and Chewy (NYSE:CHWY).

IPOs this week : March 30 - April 3, 20 (wk 14)

IPOs expected to price

• WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI) is expected to price its IPO on March 30.

IPO lockup expirations

• IPO lockup periods expire on Viela Bio (NASDAQ:VIE), Aprea Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APRE), Frequency Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FREQ) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) on March 31.

IPO quiet period expirations

• GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) on March 30. 

Across the Pacific, the IPO lockup period expires on Budweiser Brewing Company (BUDBC) in Hong Kong. Shares of BUDBC are down 22% since the beer company was set free from Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD).

IPOs this week : Aug 12 - 16, 19 (wk 33)

IPOs expected to price during the week include:

• BioVie (OTCQB:BIVI) on August 12 and 
• CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB) on August 14:  Kansas corporation and registered bank holding company with total assets of $4.5 bln [Planning to offer 7.11 mln shares between $15.00-17.00]

9F (NYSE: JFU): Leading digital financial account platform integrating and personalizing financial services in China [Planning to offer 8.9 mln ADS between $7.50-9.50]

WiMi Hologram Cloud (Nasdaq: WIMI): Provider of augmented reality-based holographic services and products [Planning to offer 4 mln shares between $7.50-9.50]

IPO quiet period expirations

• Phreesia (NYSE:PHR), DouYu (NASDAQ:DOYU), Owl Rock Capital (NYSE:ORCC), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MIRM), Fulcrum Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FULC), Genmab (NASDAQ:GMAB), Assetmark Financial (NYSE:AMK) and First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) on August 12
• Medallia (NYSE:MDLA), Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and Intercorp Financial (IFS) on August 13. 

IPO lockup expirations

• There are also IPO expirations for TCR2 Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TCRR), Intercorp Financial (IFS) and Avedro (NASDAQ:AVDR) on August 13.