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ASX small firm/microcap listings: the IPO ‘Pop’ and two decades of subsequent returns

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  • Kylie Gilbey
  • Terry Marsh
  • Sharon Purchase

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We examined IPO discounts and average returns for all available ASX (de)/listed IPOs from 1999 to 2019. We found that the average 18.45 percent offering discount was close to that observed in the US, as were the discount time series behaviour and distribution. Furthermore, the average annualised return on a market‐weighted portfolio of the ASX small/microcap IPOs, from close‐of‐listing‐day price to delisting or 31 December 2019, is 18.62 percent compared to 2.28 percent for large‐caps. Small/microcap post‐listing return differentials were highest for listings filed in Western Australia, and for the metals and mining and software industries.

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  • Kylie Gilbey & Terry Marsh & Sharon Purchase, 2022. "ASX small firm/microcap listings: the IPO ‘Pop’ and two decades of subsequent returns," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(3), pages 3285-3318, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:62:y:2022:i:3:p:3285-3318
    DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12887
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