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IPOs are essential in a functioning stock market – they bring in new blood, expand the investment opportunities, and provide a clear indicator of the market’s health. And this year, that indicator is trending upward.
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It’s no secret that IPO activity fell off a cliff as 2021 ended, and remained slow through the next two years. Last year, however, the numbers began to revive as more companies started going public. And the acceleration continues this year. Despite lingering uncertainties due to the springtime market volatility and policy concerns around President Trump’s tariffs, Wall Street is currently seeing a year-over-year increase in the number of IPOs and in the total funds raised.
The second-quarter numbers tell the story. During 2Q25, there were 59 IPOs in the US, and they raised an aggregate of $15.02 billion. Those numbers compare well to the 45 IPOs conducted and $11.23 billion raised during 2Q24.
Analyst Chris Brendler, from Rosenblatt, is watching this year’s IPOs – and he’s also pointing out the stocks that investors should investigate more closely. For now, he’s picked out two to rate as Buys – but does Wall Street agree? We used the TipRanks’ database to find out.
Miami International Holdings (MIAX)
First up is a financial tech company, Miami International Holdings. This firm, which is actually based in New Jersey, provides access to a global exchange group in the US and international capital markets. Miami International, which goes by MIAX in the business, operates fully electronic trading exchanges in the US equity options markets, the US stock markets, the futures markets, and in international stock markets.
MIAX has built this array of trading exchanges on a proprietary technology base. The company boasts that it can provide traders with consistently low latency and customizable risk protections across its trading platforms, and it supports the trading operations with a proven customer service center. MIAX was founded in 2007 and is known as an innovator in the digital trading world, with a broad range of data-based products and services on tap to meet the needs of today’s market traders.
Financial trading is inherently international, and MIAX keeps offices in several US locations – Princeton, Miami, Chicago, Minneapolis – as well as offshore in Bermuda and Guernsey. The company’s exchanges are SEC-licensed, and the largest of them, MIAX Options, has been operating since 2012. In addition to its MIAX exchanges, the company owns and operates the Miami International Securities Exchange, the Bermuda Stock Exchange, and the International Stock Exchange.
