on average
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Since 2000, they said, IPOs with a market valuation above $10 billion enjoyed a 26.5% return on average from their opening price within their first week of trading.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
And the worst-performing sectors during these periods were financials and energy, delivering returns of negative 1.32% and negative 1% a month on average, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
IPOs of companies with inflation-adjusted, trailing-year revenue of $500 million or more still underperformed the market by around 4% on average over three years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The carcass of one adult cow can cost on average between £80 to £100, this does not include any transportation charges.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The parents of a child provided, on average, half the content of that feature; the grandparents, a quarter; the great-grandparents, an eighth—and so forth, all the way back to the most distant ancestor.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
