Time to take a quick look at IPOs for 2019 and all in alll it was a decent year for IPO investors and while timing is always crucial, this year was fairly forgiving. Note: We do not record every single new listing. We don’t track ETFs and only pay partial attention to Trusts/RTOs etc. We list it if we think it’s interesting/worth tracking - with that said, time for some numbers.

Overall, you were coming out in front for 2019 with Over 60% of all listings still sitting as “winners” based on todays numbers. The average gain on those winners is sitting well above 70% but on the other hand you’d have lost 25% if you’d only been picking the losers. That gives us a total portfolio movement of around 36% if you were in all the IPOs we listed this year.

Now, had you bought 2k of each stock at its list price, for a total investment of 126k, your portfolio/balance would look like this.

Not too bad considering even the worst timing would have seen a total loss of a few k, basically you could have traded all year, learned heaps and it would have cost you next to nothing vs your total outlay.

At the top end of town, the best 5 stocks posted significant gains. These percentages are based on current prices. Each stock shown here has a 52w high that’s above the current price, in some cases significantly so.

On the other hand, the bottom 5 could have cost you quite a few dollars, and at their lowest would have made most of us rethink our life choices over a few drinks!

So there you have it, 2019 in a nutshell. How did you fair this year? What was your best pick? Your worst? What are you most looking forward to in 2020? Let us know in he comments/via twitter or Facebook.

For more information about the year that was, OnMArket has also put together a great report for you to review here.

Bring on 2020, Good luck punters!