Where can I get shares of an IPO before it opens?

Question

I'm talking about its initial selling price. Stock opens at a different price than that.

Answer 1

One place is through your broker. But they'll usually only have the IPO's in which they're helping underwrite.

For example, Fidelity has an alert that you can opt-in to that'll tell you of their IPOs as they come up and you can click on it to learn about the company and how to invest in it if you're interested.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Listings of companies with upcoming IPO's are usually listed with the Exchange on which the company is trading. For example you can look up the IPO's of the TSX using:

http://www.tsx.com/en/news_events/news_archives/toronto_stock_exchange_archives/new_listings.html

The bulletins tell you how many stocks are offered, the CUSIP, ticker, trading currency, dividends expected, etc.

It will also give you the website of the company. It is from the stocks Prospectus or Offering Memorandum that you will find the initial stock price.

You will have to fill out a stock purchase form and send it via a broker or directly to the company in order to get the initial price. Once the bell rings on the stock's first day of trading the market will then set the price.

Answer 3

IPO stands for "Initial Public Offering", so by definition the IPO is the first time that you can buy shares. Any shares given before the IPO are generally stock options given to employees of the company (or whoever the company wants, I suppose), who purchase them at an "exercise price" when they exercise said options. This price is normally lower than the stock's price at IPO, but these shares will likely be very tough to come by.

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