diff --git a/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation.go b/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation.go
index d8fb37c..fd29524 100644
--- a/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation.go
+++ b/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func MakeIpoQuotation(stockLocate, trackingNumber uint16, timestamp time.Duratio
 		StockLocate:    stockLocate,
 		TrackingNumber: trackingNumber,
 		Timestamp:      timestamp,
-		Stock:          fmt.Sprintf("%-8s", stock),
+		Stock:          stock,
 		ReleaseTime:    releaseTime,
 		Qualifier:      qualifier,
 		Price:          price,
diff --git a/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation_test.go b/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation_test.go
index 9da4603..9886cc8 100644
--- a/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation_test.go
+++ b/itch/5.0/ipo_quotation_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 )
 
 func TestMakeAndParseIpoQuotation(t *testing.T) {
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ func TestMakeAndParseIpoQuotation(t *testing.T) {
 		StockLocate:    0,
 		TrackingNumber: 1,
 		Timestamp:      timeSinceMidnight,
-		Stock:          "AAPL    ",
+		Stock:          "AAPL",
 		ReleaseTime:    timeSinceMidnight,
 		Qualifier:      QUALIFIER_ANTICIPATED,
 		Price:          21,
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ func TestMakeAndParseIpoQuotation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("error parsing event: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Ignoring Stock field because the byte representation contains right-padded spacing, whilst the Struct has it trimmed
-	if !cmp.Equal(m, parsedEvent, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(IpoQuotation{}, "Stock")) {
+	if !cmp.Equal(m, parsedEvent) {
 		t.Errorf("parsed event and original event are not equal:\n%v", cmp.Diff(m, parsedEvent))
 	}
 }