TubeMogul And Immune Design: 2 Big IPO Winners

For an investor, nothing can be more exciting than getting in on the ground floor of a company as it first goes public. Investing in an IPO can also be a very lucrative endeavor, as shareholders of these two 2014 recent IPOs can attest.

TubeMogul

TubeMogul Inc TUBE, a digital branding service provider, went public back in July 2014. After IPO shares priced at $7 (below the original expected rage of $11-$13), the stock surged more than 50 percent on its first day of trading.

Peaking as high as $23.83 in December, the stock is now sitting around $20.20. Investors that weren’t lucky enough to get in on the TubeMogul IPO, but acted quickly on its first day of trading, have still enjoyed a 75 percent gain from the stock’s opening market price.

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Immune Design

Immune Design Corp IMDZ also went public last July. The Seattle-based company is focused on targeting cancerous tumors and treating them by utilizing the immune system’s natural ability to create tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells.

Immune Design Corp’s drugs are currently in phase 1 clinical trials. After pricing its IPO at $12, the low end of the projected range, the first day of trading was relatively quiet for Immune Design, and the stock closed the day at $12.05.

However, the stock took off in the following months and never looked back, reaching an all-time high of just above $40.00 in December. The recent price of $31.70 represents about a 163 percent gain for IPO investors and early open-market buyers.

Upcoming IPOs

Shares of Patriot National and Sutherland Asset Management are expected to begin trading later this month. Only time will tell how good of an investment these two stocks will be.