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JUNE 27, 2024

History says Nvidia could continue soaring in the second half of 2024 Nvidia became a public company in 1999. The chart below shows its share-price appreciation (or depreciation) in the first and second halves of each full year since its initial public offering (IPO). Read on to learn more.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the company generated revenue of $741 million, below its guidance of revenue of $756 million. Founder and CEO Jeff Green said, "For the first time in 33 quarters as a public company we fell short of our own expectations." And this planted doubt in the minds of investors.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Investing just $20 into the cryptocurrency when it launched in 2009 would have turned you into a billionaire. 1 thing every bitcoin investor must understand Investing in bitcoin is not like buying shares of a company. For example, public companies can issue more stock or even buy back their own shares at any time.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

times trailing-12-month sales, which could be cheap for a company with as much potential as Amazon. Uber: Turning a corner on profitability Uber has been around since 2009 and a public company since 2019. At their current price, the shares trade at 2.6 It's easy to see why fund managers are scooping up shares.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 15, 2024

Historically, stock splits have been bad news for Nvidia shareholders Excluding the most recent one, Nvidia has completed five stock splits as a public company, and shares have consistently declined afterwards. Here's what investors should know. Four of the last five stock splits occurred in close proximity to severe bear markets.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For instance, several large public companies have already incorporated Bitcoin into their treasury strategies, including Tesla , Block , MercadoLibre , and MicroStrategy. How popular will Bitcoin be with investors, companies, governments, and consumers in seven years? But some of Ark's assumptions appear plausible.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

After a quick glance at the company's earnings, you might wonder why the stock is down 26% this year. In the fourth quarter, revenue grew 17% year-over-year and the company produced positive adjusted EBITDA for the first time as a public company.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Nvidia has generally performed poorly following stock splits Nvidia has completed six stock splits as a public company. And the subprime mortgage crisis became a bear market between October 2007 and March 2009, during which the S&P 500 declined 57%. Here's what happened the last five times.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Costco has completed three forward splits since becoming a public company, but the last occurred all the way back in January 2000. With shares of the company topping $930 on Nov. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $381,173 !*

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MARCH 19, 2025

TransMedics Group (NASDAQ: TMDX) was founded in 1998, but has only been a public company since 2019. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $309,972 !* Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Part of the reason why Vici Properties has been able to keep raising its dividend every year since it became a public company in 2018 is that it has built-in rent hikes in its leases. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,048 !*

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MARCH 14, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $299,728 !* If youre worried youve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before its too late. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $39,754 !*

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Moreover, Ackman noted in his X post that he invested in Uber during a venture round many years ago when the company was still private. To me, Ackman's continued investment in Uber now that it's a public company, combined with the stock earning a spot in his otherwise limited portfolio, signals that he has strong conviction in its potential.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It has increased payments annually since it became a public company in 2011. As the name suggests, the company owns industrial properties located in the U.S. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $363,671 !*

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

The last year when a majority of these funds outperformed the market was in 2009. That's why investors eagerly follow Warren Buffett and pay attention to whatever his holding company Berkshire Hathaway buys. It's not easy to beat the market. In 2023, 60% of actively managed, large-cap equity funds underperformed the S&P 500.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

In situations where public companies are heavily indebted despite owning considerable real assets, private equity (PE) groups sometimes swoop in to the rescue, laying out enough cash to take the company private, and then either gutting it or taking action to make it more efficient. While it paid off $30.4

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

It has delivered positive adjusted FFO per share growth in 27 of its 28 years as a public company. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $348,112 !* Overall, it has grown its adjusted FFO at a 5% compound annual rate.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Fortinet Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) may not be the first cybersecurity company that comes to mind for most investors, but it has been posting strong results for many years. In fact, since its 2009 initial public offering (IPO) , shares are up more than 3,400%, easily outpacing the S&P 500.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2025

The real estate investment trust (REIT) has succeeded in its mission over three decades as a public company and recently declared its 130th dividend increase since coming public in 1994. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $300,143 !*

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 3, 2025

Earlier this year, Stripe and certain investors let employees cash out stock in a deal that valued the company at $65 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Stripe isn't a public company, so it's not subject to the same reporting requirements as its public competitors.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As a result, we've delivered positive total operational returns each year since becoming a public company 30 years ago, successfully navigating a variety of economic environments. Realty Income enables its investors to own commercial real estate critical to the operations of some of the world's best-known companies.

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JULY 21, 2024

ai (NYSE: AI) is an enterprise AI software company that went public in 2020. While it might be a young public company, it has been operating in the market for nearly 15 years. Established in 2009 by Thomas Siebel -- the same person who founded and sold CRM company Seibel Systems to Oracle -- C3.ai

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MARCH 19, 2025

It was once the exciting disruptor, and Block stock, back when it was still called Square, gained more than 1,000% early in its days as a public company. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $309,972 !* Consider Block (NYSE: XYZ).

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MARCH 11, 2025

As with any public company, Meta faces potential headwinds. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $292,207 !* Honorable mention also goes to Coatue Management's billionaire chief, Philippe Laffont. At the moment, the prospect of a U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This type of filing is required when Berkshire buys or sells shares of a public company that it holds at least a 10% stake in. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $376,324 !* Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,022 !*

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MARCH 9, 2024

No public company has gone all-in on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) quite like MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , which has purchased 193,000 bitcoins since 2020. As a result, the enterprise software company's stock is up over 900%, despite its core business stagnating. Are you a prospective investor who has a fear of missing out?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $361,466 !* CEO Jeff Green said, I want to acknowledge upfront for the first time in 33 quarters as a public company, we fell short of our own expectations. Not wall Street expectations, but company guidance."

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your first book, Clear Thinking, hit shelves earlier this month but you've been writing Farnam Street since 2009, you've hosted the Knowledge Project for eight years and through that, you've interviewed experts from Apollo Ohno to Michael Madison. I sit on the board of a public company. You are a self-proclaimed wisdom seeker.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,411 !* So that was a public company. There was traditional kind of ISO structure that was now owned by the company. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $45,570 !*

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $369,349 !* I'll note that this is the 16th consecutive quarter as a public company, in which we have met or exceeded our revenue guidance. C3 AI has been a public company for 16 quarters.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

I'll note that this is the 15th consecutive quarter as a public company in which we have met or exceeded our revenue guidance. In the first quarter, the company closed 71 agreements, including 72 new pilots marking a 117% year-over-year increase in our pilot count. C3 AI is the original enterprise AI company, hard stop, OK?

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Peter Letko, vice president of Letko Brosseau, a Teck investor which was in favor of the separation plan, said the absence of Canadian pensions funds' from "critical public companies does not help the domestic economy."

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Well, it subsequently fell below $1 a share in 2009 when everything's melting down. I'll just throw in there now that if a company invests in another company that shows up in the net income, it makes net income almost entirely useless for companies that do that because. But that $4 stock is $68 stock now.

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Blackstone

MARCH 21, 2023

Multiple expansion, one of the byproducts of liquidity, was responsible for around 40% of the S&P 500’s historic 18% annual return from 2009 to 2020 4 , and declining interest rates drove outsized bond returns. Over the last decade, stocks and bonds rose in tandem as financial assets outperformed the real economy.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $302,501 !* And now, we have paid approximately $45 billion to shareholders in dividends over our history as a public company. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $43,181 !*

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Andy, Emily, do any of the key insiders still have at least a 5% stake in the company? I mentioned earlier, CEO Michael Kehoe founded Kinsale in 2009 after having a great career at a competitor for writing this kind of an insurance. However, he owns slightly less than 4% of the company, worth about 360 million.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $333,669 !* Houston is the differentiator for us because we're the only public company that has any meaningful presence. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $44,168 !*

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