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by jane . December 1st, 2008
Critics of Internet IPOs say they pop and drop. Well, not quite. And fans of those who didn't get in at the IPO price should take note: IPODEX shows that this group is up 120% from after-IPO lows.

This basket ended April 8 20% off all-time highs with MarketWatch (NASDAQ:MKTW - news) off the most from highs, down 38%.

Since March 25 these stocks posted 18% gains led by WebTrends (NASDAQ:WEBT - news) with a 60% rocketship.

Check the stats:

Company Stock 8-Apr Percent Change from 8-Apr High % 8-Apr Low %
name Symbol close change vs. 3/25 IPO % of high vs. IPO % difference/low vs. IPO
MarketWatch MKTW $ 81.00 18% 376% -38% 665% 45% 229%
Healtheon HLTH $ 52.13 40% 552% -14% 659% 140% 172%
Verticalnet VERT $ 112.00 3% 600% -13% 706% 222% 117%
Allaire ALLR $ 57.13 2% 186% -20% 256% 68% 70%
Pacific Internet PCNTF $ 64.00 40% 276% -27% 418% 144% 54%
Prodigy PRGY $ 38.75 3% 158% -23% 238% 94% 33%
Vignette VIGN $ 78.00 9% 311% -13% 374% 109% 96%
WebTrends WEBT $ 72.00 60% 454% -1% 461% 227% 69%
  TOTAL $ 555.00 18% 344% -20% 454% 120% 102%
  AVERAGE $ 69.38 18% 344% -20% 454% 120% 102%
  MEDIAN $ 68.00 33% 312% -15% 388% 126% 83%

Moves behind the moves:

  • WebTrends Enterprise Suite is named as nominee for awards from Network Computing magazine.

  • Prodigy (NASDAQ:PRGY - news) announces a new service for Spanish-speaking Net users. Says that Spanish speakers buy computers at twice the rate of English speakers. I believe this market may be getting ripe for such a service and applaud Prodigy's efforts. No surprise though given its Mexican majority ownership.

  • Healtheon (NASDAQ:HLTH - news) signs Tektronix (NYSE:TEK - news) , a healthcare provider with 8,000 employees in the U.S. and in 26 countries, to use Healtheon's Web-based benefits management service.