“Companies analyzing an initial public offering are always looking for key indicators and metrics to help them plan for the most optimal time to list,” said
The Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index is driven by six leading indicators of IPO market activity including:
- Year-over-year changes in the Fed Funds Rate
- Year-over-year changes in the VIX Index
- Recent returns (S&P 500 Price Annual Growth)
- Valuations (S&P 500 Enterprise Value to Sales Ratio Annual Growth)
- Investor sentiment
- Nasdaq’s proprietary IPO data
More than 50 candidate series were rigorously backtested over the last three decades to arrive at these six indicators, which we believe have proved to consistently lead directional shifts in IPO activity. Combined, the Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index anticipates turns in IPO activity by about six months on average.
Caption: With the Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index at a two-year high, it’s likely IPO activity will remain in an uptrend at least through the first half of the year.
“The Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index is updated each quarter and is now at a current two-year high, which historically means IPO activity should remain in an uptrend through the first half of this year,” said
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Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index and IPO Activity
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Caption: With the Nasdaq IPO Pulse Index at a two-year high, it’s likely IPO activity will remain in an uptrend at least through the first half of the year.
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