How to Use initial public offering in a Sentence

initial public offering

noun

• The listing held the record for the world’s largest initial public offering, or IPO, from then until 2019.
  — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 23 June 2023
• The company took in $2.5 billion in revenue last year and is on the cusp of an initial public offering.
  — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• At any time in these 24 years Berkshire Hathaway could have cashed in all or part of See’s through an initial public offering.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Zeekr is planning an initial public offering in the US later this year.
  — Linda Lew, Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• The strong open marks the largest initial public offering this year — and the biggest since electric truck maker Rivian in 2021.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
• The dot-com bubble began in August 1995 with the initial public offering of Netscape — provider of a Web browser.
  — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Yanai, second from left, at the initial public offering of Fast Retailing in 1994.
  — Time, 13 Nov. 2023
• Setting the scene The initial public offering market was booming in 2021.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• The move comes after the company’s plan in 2020 for an initial public offering in mainland China didn’t end up taking place.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
• It’s been on a collision course toward an initial public offering (IPO) for years.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 June 2023
• The goal is for Cainiao to raise least $1 billion in an initial public offering in the Asian financial hub, according to people familiar with the matter.
  — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
• When the company made its initial public offering in 2018, the IPO filings named Sonos' reliance on competitors as a key weakness.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• The shares had popped 25% in regular trading Thursday, after the initial public offering was priced a day earlier at $51.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• After years of eyeing an initial public offering, Reddit is finally planning to take the plunge next week.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The company failed to convince investors to buy into its planned initial public offering, forcing it to cancel those plans.
  — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• No local tech companies have completed an initial public offering in almost two years, but that’s about to change.
  — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• The deal is far bigger than any other initial public offering globally so far this year, Dealogic data shows.
  — Summer Said, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
• Alibaba, which is preparing to spin off Cainiao via an initial public offering, did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• In another sign that Greece has put its debt woes behind it, the sale of a 30% stake in Athens International Airport two months ago marked its biggest initial public offering in more than two decades.
  — Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
• Star Plus Legend Holdings postponed its first attempt at an initial public offering in June, after seeking to raise up to the equivalent of around $102 million.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 13 July 2023
• Aramco, based in Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia, carried out an initial public offering in 2019.
  — Paul Wallace, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023
• An earlier report stated the company plans to raise up to $6 billion for an initial public offering.
  — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
• But a part of Neumann might be thankful he was forced out in 2019 following the company’s disastrous first attempt at an initial public offering.
  — Tom Maloney, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• Many tech companies turn a profit about eight years after their initial public offering, Scarpelli said.
  — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
• Robinhood posted a net income of $25 million in the second quarter, its first positive result since the initial public offering.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 2 Aug. 2023
• Typically, macro issues like war can spell doom for the IPO market, but Birkenstock is going forward with its initial public offering.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• In a year that will be remembered for AI, semiconductor designer Arm Holdings announced itself on the world stage with the biggest initial public offering of 2023.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 9 Feb. 2024
• After his remarks, Chinese officials suspended plans for Ant Group to sell stock in an initial public offering.
  — Chang Che, New York Times, 20 June 2023
• According to a report in the Financial Times, Arm is attempting to implement a new pricing model for its chip designs, ahead of an initial public offering.
  — Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• In 2019, following Uber’s initial public offering, Mr. Khosrowshahi echoed the super app mantra.
  — Ryan Mac, New York Times, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024