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IPO Monitor: Hot IPOs

IPO Winners & Losers
90 Day Period Through December, 2001

10 Best
10 Worst
Date Company Symbol % Chg. 
11/15 dj Orthopedics, Inc. DJO -22.4
11/29 MCG Capital Corp MCGC -6.7
12/11 Converium Holding AG CHR -1.8
12/06 The Aluminium Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) ACH -1.1
12/14 United Defense Industries, Inc. UDI +0.0
12/13 Prudential Financial, Inc. PRU +6.4
12/11 Aramark Worldwide Corp RMK +11.5
11/16 Diversified Security Solutions Inc (InTegCom) DVS +12.5
10/25 Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. PVR +12.5
11/21 VCA Antech, Inc. (Veterinary Centers) WOOF +16.

Last 90 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 90 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 90 day period. A total of 28 IPOs took place during the period.

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Billion+ Dollar Market Caps at IPO
Company Symbol Market
Cap. ($ Mil.)
% Chg.
Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW 2529.8 +40.2
NetScreen Technologies, Inc. NSCN 1152.3 +37.8
Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. ATH 3666.4 +33.1
Principal Financial Group, Inc. PFG 6660.0 +26.1
Lawson Software LWSN 1273.2 +25.7
Aramark Worldwide Corp RMK 4153.8 +11.5
Prudential Financial, Inc. PRU 15573.2 +6.4
The Aluminium Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) ACH 1832.5 -1.1
Converium Holding AG CHR 1967.2 -1.8

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