Which one of these is a finding of Ritter's study of initial public offerings (IPOs)?
A)Firms with either IPOs or SEPs tend to outperform their control groups for the 5-year period following the issue of the new securities.
B)IPOs are generally incorrectly priced at issuance because over the next 5 years the IPO firm's abnormal returns exceeded 6 percent on average.
C)The annual returns for IPO firms during the 5-year period following an IPO are about 2 percent lower than their control group.
D)Comparable IPO and non-IPO firms had similar returns for the 5-year period following an IPO.
E)IPO firms tend to lose 10 percent or more of their market value in the 2 years following their IPO.

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Ritter's study found that IPO firms tend to underperform compared to their control groups, with annual returns about 2 percent lower over the 5-year period following the IPO.

Which One of These Is a Finding of Ritter's Study