Abstract:

This study examines the 5-year long-run performance of IPOs listed on ISE from 1995 to 2004. The findings show that average initial return of IPO firms is 8.26 % and there is an evidence of underpricing on ISE. When the initial returns were investigated for each sub-industry, the findings reveal the fact that electricity industry and financial industry had the highest average initial returns.In addition to this, there is a statistically significant difference in the initial returns of each sub-industry. Buy-and-hold returns were calculated in order to measure long-run stock performance. One of the most striking findings of this paper is that firms with high initial returns had also high long-run stock returns.This finding shows that there was no over optimism (fads) phenomeanon among the investors on ISE particularly while going to public. Another important finding of this paper is that stocks of big firms with high level assets had comparatively higher returns than those of small firms in the long-run

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