NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As Tesla Motors' ( TSLA) IPO took off last week, the logical question was to consider how it might compare to the much-anticipated upcoming GM IPO.
Thus, we asked readers of
TheStreet which offering would be more successful: the one of the smaller, more specialized electric carmaker Tesla, which generated so much enthusiasm in the lead up to the event and throughout its debut week on the NASDAQ, or that of the larger GM, which is -- it's fair to say -- is the decided leader in terms of market share?
While investors were clearly rooting for the small electric car maker -- driving up its share price and causing trading volume to balloon in its debut week -- some 58.5% of polltakers have the view that the GM IPO will be more successful than Tesla's.
Only 31.5% of the poll takers agreed with the notion that the Tesla IPO would beat GM's. A mere 10% of voters thought the IPOs will be comparable.
Tesla's first-day gain last Tuesday was the second-largest this year for a U.S. IPO, next to
Financial Engines' (
FNGN). The latter advanced 44% on its debut on the NASDAQ on Mar. 16, while Tesla rose 41% from its IPO price of $17 to close at $23.89 on its first day of trading last Tuesday.
Tesla managed to make these big gains even as the S&P 500 Index fell 3.1% due to worries about a slowdown in the Chinese economy and lower-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence numbers.
Currently Tesla has a market cap of $1.79 billion.
