ShotSpotter To IPO, Facing Low Revenue and Losses

Author: Brian Karas, Published on May 17, 2017

A rare event for North American security manufacturers is upcoming.

ShotSpotter is planning to IPO on the NASDAQ, aiming to raise $34.5 million.

US IPOs, overall, have become much tougher since the dot com boom, with revenue and growth demands typically quite high for security manufacturers.

ShotSpotter has fairly low revenue, especially for being in business for more than 15 years.

In this note, we analyze ShotSpotter's IPO filing, issues, potential and competitors.

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Challenging ******

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Comments (9)

Jerry Wilkins

05/17/17 03:50pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Jerry Wilkins | 05/17/17 03:55pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

05/17/17 06:56pm

***** - **** **** **** *** ***** ** ** ** independent **** ** *** ** *** ******* **********?

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #1 | 05/17/17 07:02pm

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Skip Cusack

In reply to Brian Karas | 05/19/17 11:09am

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #1 | 05/17/17 07:06pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

05/17/17 11:09pm

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Undisclosed #3

05/22/17 05:02pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 05/22/17 05:18pm

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