IPO History

IPO History is a data page on the Calendar desk of Glassbox Auditing. Big US listings measured the same way: offer and first close, the first year's low, and +1 to +252 sessions against the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100 and the sector fund, with a control group of listings that ended below their offer.

Last updated: 6 Nov 2026.

What is the latest reading?

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) close: $259 as of 6 Nov 2026, +264,716.1% since May 1997. Source: Yahoo Finance daily prices, full history from each listing's first day (split-adjusted; this terminal's long-history store).

What is on this page today?

100% of 10 well-known listings, 1980 to 2023 closed below their first close within 252 sessions — 10 of 10 with a full 252-session window · median lowest close of those 10: -34% against the first close · median close 252 sessions after the first: +25% against the first close, +20 pts against the S&P 500; 6 of 10… (SEC EDGAR prospectuses, NYSE and Nasdaq daily closes, 6 Nov 2026)
94% of 32 big US listings since 2017 closed below their first close within 252 sessions — 30 of 32 with a full 252-session window · median lowest close of those 30: -40% against the first close · median close 252 sessions after the first: -2% against the first close, -18 pts against the S&P 500; 15 of 32… (SEC EDGAR prospectuses, NYSE and Nasdaq daily closes, 6 Nov 2026)
100% of 8 control IPOs that ended far below their offer closed below their first close within 252 sessions — 8 of 8 with a full 252-session window · median lowest close of those 8: -71% against the first close · median close 252 sessions after the first: -64% against the first close, -64 pts against the S&P 500; 1 of 8 above… (SEC EDGAR prospectuses, NYSE and Nasdaq daily closes, 6 Nov 2026)
Anthropic: 1 year from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion (FY2026 on its filed nine months) — The other companies are counted on fiscal years from their first year above $1 billion to their first above $10 billion · On its trailing four filed quarters it took 0.5 years from the end of its first fiscal year above… (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 29 Sep 2026)
Oracle: 9 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — -3% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 May 2026) ORCL
Salesforce: 9 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +26% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Jan 2026) CRM
Nvidia: 17 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +32% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 24 Jan 2026) NVDA
Netflix: 10 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +29% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Dec 2025) NFLX
Amazon: 7 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +32% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Dec 2025) AMZN
Meta (Facebook): 4 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +48% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Dec 2025) META
Tesla: 4 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +39% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Dec 2025) TSLA
Alphabet (Google): 3 years from its first fiscal year above $1 billion to its first above $10 billion — +31% a year in the 3 years after its first $10 billion year · Fiscal years, read from the company's 10-Ks; growth after $10 billion separates a ramp that goes on from one that fades (SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A), 30 Dec 2025) GOOGL
53% of the 2025 IPOs had negative earnings before listing, against 81% in 2000 — 94 IPOs in 2025, against 780 in 1969, the most in any year since 1960 · Of the 11 busiest classes, 8 trailed firms matched on size and book-to-market over three years and 3 kept pace or beat them (median -4.4% against… (Jay R. Ritter, University of Florida (Initial Public Offerings: Updated Statistics), 30 Dec 2025)

Where does the data come from?

Items on this page come from SEC EDGAR prospectuses, NYSE and Nasdaq daily closes; SEC EDGAR (annual reports on Form 10-K; Anthropic's S-1/A); Jay R. Ritter, University of Florida (Initial Public Offerings: Updated Statistics). Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.

What does this page lead to?

Company Research (Companies): Each past listing's offer terms, profit at listing and first-year path rest on its own prospectus and filings, which Company Research reads. (either way, depending on the cause; the first year; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR IPO prospectuses (424B4 / 424B1 cover pages: offer price, shares, symbol).
Report Reactions (Calendar): A new company's first earnings report tends to be among its largest early moves; Report Reactions measures it on the same fixed windows as every other event. (moves the same way; the first report after listing; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR filings (10-Q/10-K text).

What feeds this page?

IPO Watch (Calendar): A new listing's first sessions are measured on the same fixed windows as past big IPOs, so its first trade gets a comparison set the day it prices. (either way, depending on the cause; the first year after listing; company scale) Source: SEC EDGAR IPO prospectuses (424B4 / 424B1 cover pages: offer price, shares, symbol).