These were the best-performing ASX IPOs in 2020

Private companies climbed over one another to go public in 2020 to grab all the money on offer in a hot share market.

But with such a wide range in quality, some did better than others after listing on the ASX.

“Some [were] taking advantage of a short term boost to profits from COVID. With the market placing high valuation multiples on some of these sectors, they got the double benefit of high valuation multiples on cyclically high profits,” Prime Value portfolio manager Richard Ivers told The Motley Fool last week.

“Others were high quality businesses with a solid long term outlook.”

Sudden share price spikes in the early life of ASX shares don’t necessarily equate to long-term investment worth.

But it’s still…