U.S. ECM Recap

ECM Activity Tapers Amidst Choppy Market Conditions

US ECM activity in Q1’22 declined for the 4th consecutive quarter following record issuance in Q1’21.

  • Including SPACs, 217 offerings raised $40.2B
  • Q1’22 marked the first quarter over quarter reduction in proceeds raised of more than 50% since Q3 of 2015
  • For comparison, the average weekly activity in 2021 was 29 offerings vs. 12 YTD
  • Excluding SPACs, 38.9% of offerings priced were $25M or less and 46.9% were $50M or less
  • Average Q1’22 IPO size fell 75% from $363.5M in FY’21 to $90.8M YTD (vs. median deal size of $16.0M)
  • Average Q1’22 registered follow-on size fell 27.9% from $274.2M to $197.8M YTD (vs. median deal size of $69.0M)
  • TPG Inc. successfully raised $1,100.1M, accounting for 44.0% of total Q1 22 IPO proceeds
  • SPAC issuance accounted for more than 4x the proceeds raised by traditional IPOs

Q1 Trends

  • Including Unregistered Block activity tracked by CMG, Q1 transaction volume dropped to $30.2B, a 79.5% decrease year over year and a 66.4% decrease from the prior quarter (excluding SPACs)
  • IPOs raised $2.5B, representing a 94.4% decrease over the same period last year via 27 offerings, while follow-on issuance raised $27.7B representing a 73.4% decrease over the prior year via 135 offerings
  • Financial Services took over as the most active sector raising $6.4B (21.3% market share) followed by Healthcare $4.3B (14.4% market share) and Real Estate $4.3B (14.2% market share)
  • On a dollar-weighted basis, IPOs returned 19.7% from offer to first day close (vs. a mean of 51.9%) and returned 4.7% from offer to current (vs. a mean of 4.0%)
  • On a dollar-weighted basis, registered follow-ons returned 1.3% from offer to first day close (vs. a mean of (4.4%)) and returned (2.5%) from offer to current (vs. a mean of (2.2%))

FY 2021 vs. Q1 2022 Dollar-weighted One-day Returns

24.2% vs. 19.7%IPOs

2.6% vs. 0.1%SPACs

2.9% vs. 1.9%Marketed FOs

5.1% vs. 2.0%Overnight FOs

0.6% vs. (0.2)%Registered Blocks

0.5% vs. (2.9)%Unregistered Blocks

Largest Q1 Dollar-weighted Alpha Contributors: 1-Day

Yoshitsu Co., Ltd

1/7/22$25.0M IPO +700.0%

TPG Inc.

1/12/22$1,100.1M IPO +15.3%

Blue Water Vaccines Inc.

2/11/22$20.0M IPO +537.8%

Largest Q1 Dollar-weighted Alpha Contributors: To Current

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc

1/4/22$460.0M Marketed FO +49.2%

Blue Water Vaccines Inc

2/11/22$20.0M IPO +588.0%

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd

1/26/22$230.0M IPO +44.2%

SPAC Issuance

  • Q1 2021 – 298 offerings raised $98.1B with an Avg. deal size of $329.1M
  • Q2 2021 – 64 offerings raised $13.9B with an Avg. deal size of $217.9M
  • Q3 2021 – 88 offerings raised $17.4B with an Avg. deal size of $197.3M
  • Q4 2021 – 163 offerings raised $33.1B with an Avg. deal size of $202.8M
  • Q1 2022 – 55 offerings raised $10.0B with an Avg. deal size of $182.2M

IPO Vs. Follow-On Composition as a % of Proceeds Raised: FY 2021 Vs. Q1 2022

35.0% vs. 8.1%IPOs

65.0% vs. 91.9%FOs

Follow-On Composition as a % of Proceeds Raised: FY 2021 Vs. Q1 2022

Discount Trends (Mean File to Offer): FY 2021 & Q1 2022

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