IPO Report: ForgeRock stock surges 40% on first day of trading

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ForgeRock Inc. shares bolted out of the gate on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, screaming past an already higher-than-expected pricing.

ForgeRock
FORG,
+48.52%

shares opened at $35 a share just after 11 a.m. Eastern, 40% above its initial public offering price of $25 apiece from late Wednesday. That, in itself, was above its forecast range of $21 to $24 a share. The stock quickly hit an intraday high of $36.44.

The offering of up to 12.7 million shares, including overallotment options to underwriters, was set to raise up to $303.6 million. Thursday’s intraday high gave the San Francisco-based digital identity platform a market value of $2.89 billion.

The company booked revenue of $84.8 million for a loss of $20.1 million in the first six months of 2021, compared with revenue of $55.4 million for a loss of $36 million in the same period for 2020.

In a busy week for IPOs, the Renaissance IPO ETF
IPO,
+0.85%

was up 0.8% Thursday, and up 9% over the past three months, compared with a 0.6% daily decline in the S&P 500 index
SPX,
-0.57%
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which is up 5.4% over the past three months.

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