Unseasoned issue

Issue of a security for which there is no existing market. See: Seasoned issue.

Unseasoned Issue

A new issue that only recently started trading. It is called unseasoned because investors do not know with certainty how the market will treat the issue, and whether or not it will be successful.

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Assuming the stock's price moves up to its fair value in the after-market--the IPO price "pop"--investors earn a fast return as a reward for investing in an unseasoned issue. Underpricing also serves a defensive purpose.

Pricing IPOs: science or science fiction?

To value unseasoned issues, various methodologies have been developed.

An empirical analysis of the implicit growth rate for industrial IPOs listed in Pakistan

Walter, "A Direct Test of Rock's Model of the Pricing of Unseasoned Issues," Journal of Financial Economics (August 1989), pp.