Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ:VEDU) opened up its shares for public trading for the first time since it filed for IPO in March 2022. The company agreed to initially offer 4.25 million shares to the public at a $4.00 per share. On its first day of trading, the stock decreased 10.71% from its opening price of $28.0 to its closing price of $25.00.
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc Performance On First Day of Trading
About Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc and It's IPO
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc., headquartered in Markham, Canada, is a private education provider located in Canada that offers high-quality education resources to students around the globe.
For its IPO, VEDU agreed to offer 4.25 million shares at a price of $4.00 per share, with an insider lock-up period of 180 days, ending on November 13, 2022.
An insider lock-up period is a period of time after a company first goes public where major shareholders are not allowed to sell their shares. The insider lock-up period makes sure that the market does not get oversupplied with shares of the company.
Traders may short the stock leading up to the lockup-period expiration date in hopes that the price will fall due to an increase in supply of shares. Retail traders should be watching this stock's short interest as it moves closer to lockup expiration.
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