Unitree IPO frenzy leaves Chinese retail investors with 1-in-5,500 odds
While Unitree Robotics’ early backers are poised for a windfall in one of China’s most closely watched technology initial public offerings (IPOs), retail investors are scrambling for a tiny chance of securing shares. Nearly 9.8 million accounts competed in the Hangzhou-based robot maker’s online subscription process on Monday, fighting for just 9.7 million shares, its filings in the evening…
Unitree Robotics' technology IPO has left Chinese retail investors with extremely slim odds of securing shares. Out of nearly 9.8 million applications, only 9.7 million shares are available, with a final allocation rate of just 0.018 per cent – one winning lot for every 5,500 applications. Each winning lot consists of 500 shares, and investors' chances depend on their eligible Shanghai-market holdings.
Winners are selected randomly. The overwhelming number of applications caused a clawback mechanism, increasing the retail tranche to 9.7 million shares. This allocation rate is notably lower than in recent technology listings, such as ChangXin Memory Technologies (0.47 per cent) and GPU makers Moore Threads Technology (0.036 per cent) and MetaX Integrated Circuits (0.033 per cent).
The IPO raised approximately 6.1 billion yuan (US$904 million) and values Unitree at 60.99 billion yuan, despite its valuation being well above industry peers like UBTech and Dobot.
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