Through yesterday, October 30, 66 companies have IPO'd in 2015 with market capitalizations in excess of $500 million. Here is the updated list of the top 20 stocks of the Class of 2015, ranked by returns over the IPO price:
1. Spark Thearpeutics (ONCE) up 134.4%
2. Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) up 133.2%
3. Shake Shack (SHAK) up 117.0%
4. FitBit (FIT) up 102.7%
5. Kearny Financial (KRNY) up 64.9%
6. Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) up 64.7%
7. Edge Therapeutics (EDGE) up 62.6%
8. Aduro Bitoech (ADRO) up 58.9%
9. Black Knight (BKFS) up 47.1%
10. Appfolio (APPF) up 45.9%
11. Chiasma (CHMA) up 42.1%
12. GoDaddy (GDDY) up 37.4%
13. Conformis (CFMS) up 30.5%
14. Rapid7 (RPD) up 28.5%
15. Virtu Financial (VIRT) up 27.4%
16. Multi Packaging (MPSX) up 25.8%
17. Press Ganey (PGND) up 25.4%
18. Penumbra (PEN) up 23.4%
19. Wingstop (WING) up 21.7%
20. Performance Food (PFGC) up 19.8%
The list is still dominated with development-stage medical and biotech companies, as has been the case all year, However, the recent pullback in this sector among the bigger pharma and biotech names may reduce the number of future medical IPOs going forward.
