IPO Watch: Marley Spoon serves dinner luke-warm but Pivotal’s chips are piping hot
IPO Watch
IPO Watch
Dinner delivery service Marley Spoon slipped in its ASX debut on Monday but computer chip maker Pivotal Systems went flying.
Marley Spoon (ASX:MMM) raised $70 million selling shares at $1.42 each — but the stock unfortunately didn’t look like matching its issue price today.
The stock opened at $1.25 and hit a low of $1.14 before closing down 16 per cent at $1.195. About $2.2 million of shares changed hands.
“It is still day one in our mission to bring delightful, market-fresh and easy cooking back to the people, as we provide alternatives to supermarket for weeknight cooking,” Marley Spoon head chef Fabian Siegel told Stockhead in a statement.
It was a different story for US-based Pivotal Systems (ASX:PVS) which uses machine learning software to design cheaper, faster computer chip manufacturing processes for the likes of Samsung and Texas Instruments.
Pivotal raised $53.5 million selling shares at $1.86.
The stock spiked to $2.40 at open, went on to hit $2.70 and finished the day at $2.59 — up 39 per cent. Punters spent $4.6 million trading the shares.
Meanwhile drone crash landing preventer Parazero (ASX:PRZ) was also drifting lower after listing last week (see below).
Here’s a quick recap:
The company: The meal kit delivery business that says it’s sold more than 14.5 million meals since starting in Germany in 2014.
In CY2017, the business generated €53.2 million ($A84.3 million) in global revenue, producing a gross profit of €18.7 million. After fulfilment, marketing and admin expenses, Marley Spoon finished the year €28 in the red.
The offer: Marley Spoon raised $70 million by issuing about 115 million shares (technically CHESS depository interests or CDIs which are used as a proxy for trading foreign shares on the ASX.)
Day one: The CDIs were issued at $1.42 per CDI. They opened at $1.25 at 12pm AEST and went to an intraday high of $1.27 before finishing Monday at $1.19 — 16 per cent lower than the issue price.
The company: Pivotal uses machine learning to provide an innovative approach to gas flow monitoring for the semi conductor industry.
The offer: Pivotal Systems raised $53.5 million in an IPO through the issue of 25 million fully paid CDIs at an issue price of $1.86.
Day one: The company kicked off the day at $2.40 and and went to an intraday high of $2.70 before finishing at $2.59 on Monday, up 39 per cent on the CDI offer price.
The company: The drone parachute business creates safety devices for rogue drones and raised $5 million in an initial public offer through the sale of 25 million shares at 20c each.
The listing was delayed a week after the ASX requested more details from management about “developments relating to the sales and promotion of the company’s products”.
The first days: Shares dropped to 18c on Parazero’s first day on the ASX, down ten percent on the offer price. Two weeks on, they’re at 17c, a 15 per cent decrease.