10 IPOs on Tap for This Week

by Tom Taulli | February 6, 2012 10:47 am

IPO performance was mixed  last week. In fact, there were three deals that had to be postponed (one was because a company agreed to be acquired).

Here’s a rundown of the offerings:

company	ticker	return (%)
Cempra	CEMP	0
AVG Technologies	AVG	-18.2
Greenway	GWAY	32.3
Matador Resources	MTDR	0
U.S. Silica	SLCA	-5.2

Despite the volatility, the average return was still nearly 2%, which shows how one deal can make up for the duds!

For this week, 10 companies plan to hit the markets:

company (ticker)	terms	description
Caesars Entertainment (CZR)	1.8M shares at $8-$10/share	Major casino operator
Cementos Pacasmayo (CPAC)	20M shares at $12-$13/share	Largest cement producer in Peru
Ceres (CERE)	5M shares at $21-$23/share	Seed producer for bioenergy
ChemoCentryx (CCXI)	4M shares at $14-$16/share	Biotech focused on rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease
EPAM Systems (EPAM)	7.4M shares at $16-$18/share	Eastern European information-technology service provider
FX Alliance (FX)	5.2M at $14-$16/share	Operates a technology platform for foreign-exchange trading
GSE Holding (GSE)	7M shares at $8-$10/share	Manages waste for mining and other environmental matters
Roundys (RNDY)	18.2M shares at $10-$12/share	Supermarket chain in the Midwest
Synacor (SYNC)	6.8M shares at $9-$11/share	Provided technology systems to cable and telecom companies
TVAX Biomedical (TVAX)	2M shares at $9-$11/share	Biotech focused on cancer treatments

Tom Taulli runs the InvestorPlace blog IPO Playbook, a site dedicated to the hottest news and rumors about initial public offerings. He also is the author of “The Complete M&A Handbook”[1], “All About Short Selling”[2] and “All About Commodities.”[3] Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli[4] or reach him via email[5]. As of this writing, he did not own a position in any of the aforementioned securities.

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