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The 10 Biggest Internet IPOs in U.S. History

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

A spate of Internet IPOs have made news in 2014, including the headline-grabbing initial public offerings of Alibaba Group Holding (not out yet) and King Digital Media (which went public last week).

When Alibaba confirmed that it will bring its IPO to an American exchange, analysts predicted that it could be one of the largest Internet IPOs in U.S. history, surpassing Facebook Inc.'s (Nasdaq: FB) $16 billion.

As the Internet IPO market heats up in 2014, Here's a look back at the 10 biggest Internet IPOs in U.S. history...

See how they stack up...

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) Stock Gains 73% Today Thanks to IPO Fever

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

The hottest IPO of 2013 hit the market today, and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) stock lived up to its hype... (today, anyway).

Shares of Twitter opened at $45 a share, 73% above its initial public offering price. Within minutes, shares surged another $5 to $50.08 a share, up nearly 90%.

TWTR ended the day at $44.94.

Shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange around 10:50 a.m. Thursday under the symbol TWTR. Thirty-eight million shares changed hands within 10 minutes. Unlike Facebook Inc.'s (Nasdaq: FB) IPO fiasco, Twitter's debut went off without a hitch.

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Who Gets Rich from the Twitter IPO?

By , Money Morning -

A lot of people got rich on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) stock following the Twitter IPO this week.

Especially after it opened 73% above its IPO price at $45.10.

The company announced Wednesday that it priced the 70 million shares at $26, which will raise about $1.8 billion dollars for the social media and messaging darling. Although the company tried to keep expectations low following Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) ill-starred debut last year, the road show seems to have generated enough demand to warrant a higher offering price.

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Twitter IPO Is Out of the Gate – and Reality Is Out the Window

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

If the stock market were a pinball machine, it would read “TILT!” Twitter shares made their debut yesterday… and immediately went ballistic – up more than 77% at midday. Institutional investors picked up more than 90% of the available shares. And, unfortunately for investors left with the remaining 10%, the sky-high share price has nothing whatsoever to do with the company’s fundamentals.

Here’s how those investors were hoodwinked…

Will Snapchat Be the Next Social Media IPO?

By , Money Morning -

Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani joined Stuart Varney of FOX Business' "Varney & Co." today (Tuesday) to talk about the latest potential social media IPO on the horizon - Snapchat.

Snapchat is a social network that emphasizes privacy; compare it to Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), which touts the benefits of openness. Snapchat finds benefits in keeping conversations and pictures from spilling over to your entire list of contacts.

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Twitter IPO Price Conservative at $11 Billion; Date Moves to Nov. 6

By , Money Morning -

Twitter, in keeping with its conservative approach to its forthcoming IPO, has set an offer price at about 9.5 times projected 2014 sales -- making it cheaper than other hot social media stocks like Facebook and LinkedIn. No doubt, the Twitter IPO will set the market on fire - at least on Day One. But before you get too excited,

there's something you should know about the latest tech darling...

Twitter Stock to Trade as NYSE: TWTR; IPO to Price Nov. 14

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) has found a new home on Wall Street: the Big Board.

"We intend to list the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TWTR," read Tuesday's amendment to the company's Form S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Twitter's roadshow to meet with potential investors will take place from Oct. 28 to Nov. 6. The stock is expected to price Nov. 14 and begin trading on Nov. 15, CNBC reported.

The Twitter IPO is one of the most hotly anticipated initial public offerings of 2013 - but the company faces a number of obstacles.

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Why Twitter Stock Is "On Sale"?

By , Money Morning -

Keith-Fitz Gerald china economic growth Today (Monday), Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business’ “Varney & Co.” to discuss how the big banks are putting Twitter stock on sale, and whether investors should buy once it hits the market.

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Twitter IPO Date Revealed by Mistake

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

According to some sleuthing from PrivCo, a New York-based firm engaged in the research of privately held companies, the Twitter IPO date is Nov. 15.

PrivCo came to the conclusion based on the proposed expiration date of the company's lock-up period (when employees are allowed to sell their restricted stock). PrivCo found in the company's preliminary prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 3 that the end of the lock-up period was listed as Feb. 15, 2014. The lock-up period typically ends 90 days from the initial public offering (IPO) date.

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Twitter's IPO: #Countmeout

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

It used to be that companies went public after achieving a modicum of success. There were business models, calculations, and plans, all based on real results and proven success.

Now it's all about potential. There are still plans and projections, but proven success has been hard to come by.

Remember, Pets.com had a plan. It was going to change the way we took care of our animal buddies. Only, it didn't. And now it's gone.

Kozmo.com was supposed to be a messenger service that embodied online delivery. It's gone, too.

Epidemic.com? Gone. WebVan? Gone. Lastminut.com? Gone. Dr. Koop? Gone.

Despite the media hoopla at the time, investors were ultimately left high and dry. And now it could happen again...

Twitter, the micro-blogging social media darling, has finally filed for its much ballyhooed IPO. And the valuations being assigned to it range from $12 billion to as much as $25 billion.

That's asinine for a company that hasn't shown any profit potential.

Twitter Inc. may make a fine trading instrument, as long as the party continues. But as an investment?

You can #countmeout...

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