Maker of $400 Golf Putter Poised to End Week Below $4 IPO After Record Debut
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2023-08-19 04:57
Sacks Parente Golf Inc. ended its first week of trading lower, just days after notching the best debut

Sacks Parente Golf Inc. ended its first week of trading lower, just days after notching the best debut of an initial public offering on a US stock exchange this year.

Shares fell 20% Friday, the third straight day of declines, pushing the weekly loss to 37%. The slump has also erased all gains from Tuesday’s 624% jump. The golf company closed Friday at $2.51, well below its $4 IPO price.

The seesaw action is reminiscent of a “pop-and-drop” trend found in small IPOs last year, where micro-cap listings saw huge gains in their trading debuts that quickly collapsed, according to Matt Kennedy, senior strategist at Renaissance Capital.

“In a typical IPO, it would be bizarre for a company to price at the low end of its range and then pop 600%,” Kennedy said by phone, referring to Sacks Parente’s first day of trading.

But the $400 putter maker’s first week shows that “there’s still a sub-segment of the IPO market where the casino is open,” he said.

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Kennedy added that while pop-and-drops have been less frequent for IPOs this year, there’s one other newly public company that has seen similar volatile price swings.

VinFast Auto Ltd., which debuted this week via a special purpose acquisition company merger, skyrocketed 255% on its first day of trading on Tuesday, pushing the electric-vehicle maker’s market capitalization above those of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Shares have since plunged, erasing more than 58% since Tuesday’s close.

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(Updates stock moves at market close)

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