The IPOX® Week, May 21, 2018
May 23, 2018- IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO) rises as U.S. small caps notch record. China-linked specialty exposure propels IPOX China (CNI) to big week.
- IPO Deal-flow Review & Outlook: Vietnam’s record-breaking IPO falls on debut. U.S. IPOs set for busy week.
IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO) rises as U.S. small caps notch record. China-linked biotech’s propel IPOX China (CNI). Amid higher U.S. rates, a rising dollar and gyrating U.S. Equity Indexes Spreads, the IPOX Indexes finished U.S. option expiration week well supported. E.g., the diversified IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO) – benchmark for the performance of U.S. New Listings – added +0.16% to +4.56% YTD, outpacing the S&P 500 (SPX) by +70 bps. on the week, its second consecutive week of strong relative gains. Here, significant upside focus in individual portfolio holdings was on cable & satellite services provider Altice USA (ATUS US: +13.49%) or retail store operator Ollies Bargain Outlet (OLLI US: +5.58%), while the purchase of Sweden-based payment processor iZettle for USD billion 2.2 propelled IPOX heavyweight PayPal (PYPL US: +2.01%) towards the end of the week. Led by firms including online personal shopping services provider StichFix (SFIX US: -8.52%) or embattled consumer staple Kraft Heinz (KHC US: -4.14%), 46/100 IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO) portfolio holdings fell last week, with the average (median) equally-weighted constituent adding +0.24% (+0.17%), in line with the applied market-cap weighted index. On the back of renewed gains in China-linked specialty small- and mid-cap exposure including Genscript Biotech (1548 HK: +14.05%), Beigene (BGNE US: +11.72%) or Baozun (BZUN US: +10.18%), the IPOX China (CNI) extended its YTD by +1.90% to +14.07%.
IPOX-linked ETFs (FPX, FPXI) mirror gains in underlying IPOX Indexes: The USD billion 1.11 IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO)-linked First Trust U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF (FPX) added +0.28% to +4.79% YTD. Linked to the IPOX International (IPXI), the First Trust International IPO ETF (FPXI), dropped to +3.78% YTD. “FPX” and “FPXI” provide a turnkey solution to access the “going public” associated with U.S. (FPX) and International (FPXI) New Listings, often a pure proxy for innovation and economic growth.
IPOX® 100 U.S. – Investing with the “FPX” ETF since 2006
| IPOX Price Returns (%) | Last Week | 2017 | 2018 YTD |
| Exposure: Global/International (xUS) (USD) (Price) | |||
| IPOX Global (IPGL50) | -1.04 | 28.59 | 3.48 |
| IPOX International (IPXI)* | -1.44 | 37.80 | 2.94 |
| Exposure: United States (USD) (Price) | |||
| IPOX Composite U.S. (IPXC)* | 0.01 | 33.64 | 5.96 |
| IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO)* | 0.16 | 26.04 | 4.56 |
| IPOX 30 U.S. (IPXT) | -0.20 | 26.63 | 1.89 |
| Exposure: Europe/Nordic Region (EUR) (Price) | |||
| IPOX Europe (IXTE) | -1.04 | 19.27 | 5.02 |
| IPOX Nordic (IPND) | 1.28 | 17.91 | 1.81 |
| Exposure: Asia-Pacific/China Region (USD) (Price) | |||
| IPOX Asia-Pacific (IPTA) | -0.39 | 23.30 | 2.79 |
| IPOX China (CNI) | 1.90 | 37.67 | 14.07 |
* Basis for ETPs: FPX US, FPX LN, FPXU FP, FPXI US, TCIP110 IT and CME listed e-mini IPOX® 100 U.S. Index Futures [Symbol: IPOM8].
IPO Deal-flow Review & Outlook: Vietnam’s record-breaking IPO falls on debut. U.S. IPOs set for busy week. At least 12 notable (non-China A shares and non-local India) firms debuted last week, with the average (median) equally-weighted firm adding/losing +6.28% (-0.84%) based on the difference between the final offering price and Friday’s close. The largest Vietnamese listing in history, the IPO of real estate developer Vinhomes (VHM VN: -3.66%), closed its first week of trading in negative territory, while hospital operator Royal Prima (PRIM IJ: +63.00%) performed best. Having priced above range, Utah-based online learning company Pluralsight (PS US: +39.20%) marked another strong open for a U.S. tech unicorn. Focus this week is on deals taking place in the U.S., with at least 5 IPOs lined up, including online lending fintech company GreenSky (GSKY US) and more small-cap biopharmaceutical companies.
| Select IPOs traded (week: 05/14/2018) | Country |
| Arabia Falcon Insurance Co SAOG | Oman |
| BSR Real Estate Investment Trust | Canada |
| Evans Dixon Ltd | Australia |
| Medikalika Hermina Tbk PT | Indonesia |
| Ovzon AB | Sweden |
| Pluralsight Inc | United States |
| Polyphor AG | Switzerland |
| Royal Prima Tbk PT | Indonesia |
| Sok Mark etler Ticaret AS | Turkey |
| Somec SpA | Italy |
| Surya Pertiwi Tbk PT | Indonesia |
| Vinhomes JSC | Vietnam |
| Select IPOs expected (week: 05/21/2018) | Country |
| Dontnod Entertainment | France |
| Evo Payment Inc | United States |
| GreenSky Inc | United States |
| Iterum Therapeutics Plc | Ireland |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd | United States |
| Sarimelati Kencana PT | Indonesia |
| Scholar Rocks Holdings Corp | United States |
| Team17 Group Ltd | British |
Josef Schuster is the founder of IPOX Schuster LLC (www.ipoxschuster.com), a Chicago-based Financial Services company specialized in Financial Products Design related to Initial Public Offerings and corporate Spin-offs. He is the chief architect of the IPOX Indexes, a global index group initiated in 2004 that encompasses an index technology allowing for asset-allocation focused exposure to the “going public” effect associated with global IPOs and Spin-offs. Mr. Schuster earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in 1994 from the European Business School, London. Mr. Schuster was also awarded a MSc in Accounting and Finance in August 1996 and a MPhil / PhD in Accounting and Finance in June 2003 from the London School of Economics.
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