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Do you have any info that companies that don't have great numbers tend to file S-1's confidentially compared to companies with great numbers? In my experience,
by vqc 9y ago
Do you have any info that companies that don't have great numbers tend to file S-1's confidentially compared to companies with great numbers?
In my experience, companies that can file confidentially will, regardless of their numbers (and I think all companies now have the option to do so).
- hendzen 9y agoNutanix, Twilio are two recent ones (IPO'd in 2016). They both were great performers last year. I don't have the time to dig up all the data and do a comparison of the correlation between returns on companies that used the confidentiality exception vs. companies that didn't, but it would certainly be an interesting analysis.
- vqc 9y agoAre you sure Twilio or Nutanix didn't file confidentially before its S-1 was flipped public? I'm actually not sure if there's a way to tell, other than a leak.