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Biggest IPOs
Alltime Biggest US | Alltime Biggest (incl ADRs)
Biggest IPOs (Last 12 Months)
Company Name
Symbol		 Underwriter Date IPO
Price		 Current
Price		 Return Deal
Size*
1 Visa
V		 J.P. Morgan 3/18/2008 $44.00 $82.38 87.2% $17,864.0
2 Blackstone Group L.P.
BX		 Morgan Stanley 6/21/2007 $31.00 $19.05 -38.5% $4,133.3
3 MF Global Ltd.
MF		 Citi 7/18/2007 $30.00 $13.91 -53.6% $2,921.4
4 American Water Works
AWK		 Goldman Sachs 4/22/2008 $21.50 $21.32 -0.8% $1,247.0
5 Och-Ziff Capital Management
OZM		 Goldman Sachs 11/13/2007 $32.00 $20.09 -37.2% $1,152.0
6 Cosan Limited
CZZ		 Credit Suisse 8/15/2007 $10.50 $13.61 29.6% $1,050.0
7 Intrepid Potash
IPI		 Goldman Sachs 4/21/2008 $32.00 $48.07 50.2% $960.0
8 VMware
VMW		 Citi 8/13/2007 $29.00 $66.15 128.1% $957.0
9 Liberty Acquisition Holdings
LIA		 Citi 12/6/2007 $10.00 $9.15 -8.5% $900.0
10 Giant Interactive Group
GA		 Merrill Lynch 10/31/2007 $15.50 $15.74 1.5% $886.6
11 Sapphire Industrials Corp
FYR		 Citi 1/18/2008 $10.00 $9.18 -8.2% $800.0
12 Trian Acquisition I Corp.
TUX		 Deutsche Bank 1/24/2008 $10.00 $9.08 -9.2% $800.0
13 SandRidge Energy
SD		 Lehman Brothers 11/5/2007 $26.00 $49.12 88.9% $746.2
14 EnergySolutions
ES		 Credit Suisse 11/14/2007 $23.00 $24.15 5.0% $690.0
15 DuPont Fabros Technology
DFT		 Lehman Brothers 10/18/2007 $21.00 $18.64 -11.2% $640.5
16 Orbitz Worldwide
OWW		 Morgan Stanley 7/19/2007 $15.00 $7.58 -49.5% $510.0
17 El Paso Pipeline Partners
EPB		 Lehman Brothers 11/15/2007 $20.00 $23.16 15.8% $500.0
18 Chimera Investment
CIM		 Merrill Lynch 11/15/2007 $15.00 $14.06 -6.3% $500.0
19 Genpact Limited
G		 Morgan Stanley 8/1/2007 $14.00 $13.04 -6.9% $494.1
20 Hicks Acquisition Company I
TOH		 Citi 9/28/2007 $10.00 $9.15 -8.5% $480.0
21 Triplecrown Acquisition
TCW		 Citi 10/22/2007 $10.00 $9.08 -9.2% $480.0
22 LDK Solar
LDK		 Morgan Stanley 5/31/2007 $27.00 $35.94 33.1% $469.4
23 RSC Equipment Rental
RRR		 Deutsche Bank 5/22/2007 $22.00 $10.05 -54.3% $458.3
24 United Refining Energy Corp.
URX		 Deutsche Bank 12/12/2007 $10.00 $9.13 -8.7% $450.0
25 Continental Resources
CLR		 J.P. Morgan 5/14/2007 $15.00 $52.09 247.3% $442.5
* Table lists the biggest IPOs over the past 12 months based on total offering amount or "deal size". Deal size (listed in $ millions) is calculated by multiplying the offering price by the total number of shares offered to the public. Source: Renaissance Capital and IPOHome.com