IPO Winners & Losers
365 Day Period Through December, 2002

10 Best
10 Worst
Date Company Symbol % Chg. 
06/18 Printcafe, Inc. PCAF -87.
12/14 Bruker AXS, Inc. BAXS -73.3
06/04 Plumtree Software, Inc. PLUM -68.4
12/07 Lawson Software LWSN -60.5
05/16 Dickie Walker Marine, Inc. DWMA -54.0
02/13 Gamestop Corp. GME -48.5
03/14 Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG -47.7
05/16 Aeropostale, Inc. ARO -45.0
04/25 DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. DOVP -45.0
03/12 WCI Communities, Inc. WCI -44.7

Last 365 Days Peformance - All IPOs During This Period

The first graph belows shows the percentage gain or loss in price for all IPOs during the last 365 day period, while the second graph shows the market capitalization immediately after IPO (US $Mil.).

The black bar in the performance graph marks the median number of IPOs during the 365 day period. A total of 90 IPOs took place during the period.

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Billion+ Dollar Market Caps at IPO
Company Symbol Market
Cap. ($ Mil.)
% Chg.
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. MRH 1239.3 +44.5
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. PETC 1059.3 +22.5
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc. CME 1113.6 +20.0
Alcon, Inc. (Alcon Laboratories) ACL 9900.0 +18.3
Prudential Financial, Inc. PRU 15573.2 +13.8
NetScreen Technologies, Inc. NSCN 1152.3 +7.
Regal Entertainment Group RGC 1607.2 +5.2
Aramark Worldwide Corp RMK 4153.8 +0.6
JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU 1105.5 -0.2
Converium Holding AG CHR 1967.2 -3.1
WellChoice, Inc. WC 2128.3 -6.
Premcor, Inc. PCO 1260.5 -6.3
China Telecom Corporation Limited CHA 158650.9 -7.3
Seagate Technology Holdings STX 5117.6 -15.8
CIT Group, Inc. CIT 4605.0 -16.6
The Aluminium Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) ACH 1832.5 -18.5
Lorillard Tobacco Company (Carolina Group) CG 4865.0 -27.5
Ribapharm, Inc. RNA 1560.0 -36.
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. XJT 1024.0 -38.2
Lawson Software LWSN 1273.2 -60.5