A Look At The Big IPOs Coming In 2019

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2019 has been an amazing year for IPOs, but the year of the IPO isn’t over yet.

Lyft and Uber brought ride-sharing to Wall Street, and other big companies like Slack and Beyond Meat have been the talk of the town, but there will be a few more major IPOs launched before the year is over.

The year has been a bull market for IPOs, which gives companies, especially tech companies, the perfect environment to launch their own. According to Fortune’s sources, the second quarter of 2019 saw 20 tech companies raise almost $15 billion and “only one other quarter has had $10 billion or more [raised] in the tech sector.” Seeing as investors are still hungry for more IPOs, here are eight more that you should keep an eye on:

  1. The We Company: A work space rental company which may be launching one of the more highly anticipated IPOs this year. The company is now worth about $47 billion, and while it hasn’t announced an IPO date yet, Wall Street is expecting it.
  2. iHeartMedia: A radio company which has already filed an IPO for July 18th. This may come as a surprise because they filed for bankruptcy last year, but the public still has faith in America’s largest radio broadcaster.
  3. AirBNB: A home rental app which has been in the spotlight for years. Now that the company is regularly profitable, it’s ready for its IPO. While the date hasn’t been announced, it is widely expected that it will come around the end of 2019.
  4. Peleton: A cycle and treadmill maker that filed for an IPO in June. While the company is still in debt, it’s become increasingly popular over the last few years.
  5. Postmates: A major competitor to UberEats. The company is now worth about $2 billion and filed for an IPO as early as February. The company is still reportedly unprofitable (like 80% of IPO-launching companies in 2018), but the company’s leadership is bullish on their brand and its potential.
  6. Robinhood: A millennial trading app. The company hasn’t chosen a date yet, but CEO Baiju Bhatt has confirmed that it is planning for an IPO and is on track for a $7-8 billion valuation.
  7. Casper: A mattress retailer which was recently valued at over $1.1 billion. The date of the IPO hasn’t been announced, but the company started looking for IPO underwriters in March, according to CNBC.
  8. Aramco: The Saudi oil behemoth, which also happens to be the world’s most profitable company. The company is seeking a $2 trillion valuation, according to Fortune. The company’s original plans for an IPO were announced as far back as 2016, but the IPO is expected near the end of 2019, unless it gets pushed a few years back again.
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