Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. Stock Down 54.67% Since IPO

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. HSCS opened up its shares for public trading for the first time since it filed for IPO in May 2022. The company agreed to initially offer 1.50 million shares to the public at a $4.25 per share. On its first day of trading, the stock fell 54.67% from its opening price of $3.75 to its closing price of $1.70.

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. Performance On First Day of Trading

About Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. and It's IPO

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc is a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG to expand and improve an ECG's clinical usefulness.

For its IPO, HSCS agreed to offer 1.50 million shares at a price of $4.25 per share, with an insider lock-up period of 180 days, ending on December 12, 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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