Figma (NASDAQ: FIG) is set to go public on July 30. For the design software star, the public offering represents a long and ...

Note: This chart contains only 36 names, as we removed any without three years of data (e.g., 2021 IPOs), as well as any direct listings. % of outperformance vs. IGV since IPO.

IPO activity typically slows during S&P 500 sell-offs. These macro concerns show no signs of abating in the near term: Inflation exceeded expectations again in the latest CPI print and the Fed ...

While the energy industry comprises 16% of 2014's IPO, the average return among those companies is just 11.8%. The biggest returns have come from the tech industry.

As you can see in this chart, which is based on data from private marketplace SharesPost, Facebook's valuation spiked as high as $141 billion earlier this year.

That would be worth anywhere from $100 billion to $150 billion. By comparison, the Alibaba IPO, which was previously the world's largest IPO, raised only $21.8 billion.

US IPO volume biggest since 2000 Alibaba’s IPO, which twenty banks and brokerages advised on, leaves 2014 on track to the biggest year for IPOs in the US since the dotcom bubble (see fifth chart).