Back إطلاق سوق الأوراق المالية Arabic İlkin ictimai təklif Azerbaijani Първично публично предлагане Bulgarian প্রাথমিক গণপ্রস্তাব Bengali/Bangla Oferta pública de venda Catalan Initial public offering Czech Børsnotering Danish Börsengang German Αρχική δημόσια προσφορά Greek Initial public offering English
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock market launch is a type of public offering. A public offering is any tradeable asset that is offered to the public. In an initial public offering, shares of stock in a company are sold to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time. Through this process, a private company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are used by companies to raise money for expansion and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the money to the people who buy them.