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Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) has lost about 99% of its value since its initial public offering in 1999. The dot-com crash and some accounting problems from 2018 to 2020 exacerbated its decline. But with its stock trading at about $2, Plug Power's enterprise value of $2.6

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APRIL 25, 2024

After really disappointing shareholders during the period after its initial public offering in May 2019, this transportation-as-a-service stock has been crushing it more recently, up a phenomenal 120% in the past year alone. On the consumer side, the cost of rides climbed 83% during a 45-month stretch between 2018 and 2022.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Berkshire started that position at StoneCo's initial public offering in 2018, sold a few shares near the all-time highs in 2021, and holds on to 76% of the original investment today. That story dated back to 2018, and now the company's deep learning analysis connects to a user-friendly generative AI system, too.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway took a position in Brazilian fintech StoneCo (NASDAQ: STNE) when it went public in 2018. It's down 42% since its initial public offering (IPO) and 80% off its highs. So when they choose something a little different, investors should definitely take notice. Did Buffett make a mistake?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In a little over 12 years since its initial public offering (IPO), investors have watched this market-leading cybersecurity stock catapult higher by roughly 2,100%! When fiscal 2018 came to a close on July 31, 2018, 61.7% The beautiful thing about cybersecurity is that it's evolved into a basic necessity service.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

financial markets through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2018. Will the automaker be able to overcome these challenges in the next five years or continue underperforming the market? Let's dig deeper to find out. What went wrong for Nio? Nio is a China-based EV company that entered U.S.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

It's been a public company since 2009 and has been profitable and free cash flow generative every year since its initial public offering ( IPO ). From 2018 to 2022, the company grew its annual revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 72%.

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MARCH 26, 2024

MKTX Revenue (TTM) data by YCharts Despite this nearly 10-fold revenue increase since its initial public offering (IPO), the company has seen its share of the U.S. Virtually nonexistent before 2018, portfolio trading now accounts for roughly 8% of U.S. corporate bond and Eurobond markets decline in recent years.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

StoneCo had its initial public offering in 2018 at $24 a share, and it attracted investment from Berkshire Hathaway shortly after. Thanks to very strong growth for the company's payments-processing business and some encouraging momentum for its credit unit, the fintech's share price climbed above $94 in February 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Roku's stock also mirrored the market with periods of considerable growth and massive declines since its 2018 initial public offering. The company's growth generally mirrored the state of the digital ad market, which prospered during the pandemic but slowed as potential viewers returned to focusing on offline activities.

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APRIL 5, 2024

That's decidedly better than its December 2018 quarter, when it recorded revenue of $17.1 Alibaba has also discussed splitting the company into six separate businesses that would be run by separate CEOs and pursue initial public offerings (IPOs) and separate financing. billion and earnings per share (EPS) of $1.77.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Here's why (I think) Snowflake stock is out Berkshire Hathaway invested in Snowflake stock during its 2020 initial public offering (IPO), which may be the only time it bought an IPO stock. The chart below shows that research and development expenses are rising as a percentage of revenue, reflecting its investment in AI.

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JULY 24, 2024

Zscaler went public in 2018, and its revenue rose at a CAGR of 52% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023 (which ended last July). That's a bold claim, but SentinelOne has grown like a weed since its public debut in 2021. That approach can stop internal threats like corporate spies and disgruntled employees.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Instacart originally planned its initial public offering (IPO) in 2022 after a surge in pandemic-era customers initially helped the company scale and turn a profit. However, activity in the IPO market slumped last year in the wake of the worst downturn in more than a decade, and Instacart shelved its plans to go public.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

Chipotle Mexican Grill 's over 4,000% gains since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2006 show what's possible. Panera Bread founder and former CEO Ron Shaich joined Cava's board of directors as chairman as part of its acquisition of Zoe's Kitchen in 2018. But Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA) just might have what it takes.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Investors are hungry for this month's hottest initial public offering (IPO). The rapidly expanding chain of 263 fast-casual restaurants specializing in Mediterranean cuisine priced its offering at $22 a share, and went on to roughly double. Is it too late to place an order?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So even though Dropbox doesn't seem like the typical growth stock, since 2018 it has actually grown its free cash flow per share at a faster rate than many of today's tech darlings such as Apple , Meta Platforms , and Salesforce. Buy and hold One hiccup many investors might have with Dropbox is the stock's historical performance.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway invested in StoneCo 's (NASDAQ: STNE) initial public offering in 2018 and owns 3.4% It's an interesting trend, considering that the Oracle of Omaha is more known for value-oriented picks than high-growth tech stocks. Let's see how it's doing today and whether to follow Buffett into StoneCo stock.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) was considered a promising play on the nascent hydrogen fuel cell market when it went public in 1999. But today, it trades nearly 99% below its initial public offering (IPO) price.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Consumers seemed to respond well to the product, and increasing numbers of restaurants offered products made by Beyond Meat and its chief competitor, Impossible Foods. With that, the company launched its initial public offering (IPO) in May 2019, and Beyond Meat's share price quickly surged beyond the $25 per share IPO price to over $200.

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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).

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Nio (NYSE: NIO) stock has seen some incredible swings since going public. After its initial public offering (IPO) in 2018, the company's stock rocketed to a price of nearly $63 per share. But a combination of macroeconomic and industry-specific factors spurred a dramatic pullback.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

from January 2018, and is currently trading for a paltry $0.56. The IPO dream Another potential catalyst for XRP would be an initial public offering (IPO) for Ripple Labs. XRP has never come close to returning to its all-time high of $3.84 But what if I told you that XRP could be on the cusp of a major comeback?

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The company's revenue had a CAGR of 53% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2023 (which ended this July). It went public only two and a half years ago, but it aims to disrupt the cybersecurity sector by replacing all human analysts with AI algorithms on its Singularity platform.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

The fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) start-up has gone through a brutal drawdown since its initial public offering in late 2021, with investors concerned about a lack of profitability and a crowded EV sector. However, when scaling up car manufacturing, it always looks dark before the operating leverage starts to kick in.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The Trade Desk has thrived, growing profitably since its 2016 initial public offering. Advertising dollars are shifting to digital mediums and while competitors like Meta Platforms and Alphabet operate with limited transparency, The Trade Desk offers more information to its clients, and that is winning over customers.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Brian Krzanich, who failed to leverage Intel's lead in PCs to expand into the mobile market, stepped down in 2018. in 2016 and spun off again in an initial public offering (IPO) last September. Intel went through three CEOs over the past six years as it dealt with that crisis. Arm was acquired by SoftBank (OTC: SFTB.Y)

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JUNE 28, 2023

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) went public at $16 per share on March 15, 2018. It now trades at around $150, so a $1,000 investment in its initial public offering would have grown to nearly $9,400 in just over five years. The cybersecurity company dazzled the bulls with its impressive growth rates.

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MARCH 17, 2024

It recorded a 15% adjusted EBITDA margin in Q4 and has grown its gross bookings eightfold since 2018. More than tripling its sales since its 2019 initial public offering, Uber's sprawling network helped the company continue its dominant march forward as the industry leader in its niche.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

StoneCo is up more than 50% over the past month alone to just above $16 per share (but still trades far below its 2018 initial public offering price of $24 per share). But as it builds on its $5 billion market cap from here, StoneCo could eventually represent a far more significant chunk of Berkshire's holdings.

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JULY 2, 2023

CrowdStrike's dollar-based net retention rate has been above 120% in all but three quarters dating back to the beginning of its fiscal 2018. Walmart has been a market-beating stock over its lifetime as a public company. At this point, 62% of its customers use five or more of its modules, up from 59% in the year-ago quarter.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Chipotle completed a historic 50-for-1 split in June (the company's first-ever split), which was necessitated following a gain of more than 12,200% since its initial public offering price (IPO) in January 2006. A smaller menu is what allows Chipotle to prepare its meals fresh daily, as well as expedite the ordering process.

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JULY 13, 2024

Between the time SoftBank's Vision Fund made its initial investment in Nvidia and the start of October 2018, Nvidia's stock effectively tripled in value. In August 2023, just a month prior to Arm's initial public offering (IPO) at $51 per share, SoftBank Group acquired the final 25% of Arm that it didn't already own.

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JULY 8, 2023

Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA) got off to a buoyant start last month, spiking sharply higher at its June 15 initial public offering. This includes conversions of Zoe's Kitchen locations, a chain it acquired in 2018. The Mediterranean-style restaurant chain set the share price at $22 per share, but the stock closed at $43.30

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MARCH 19, 2024

Its initial public offering (IPO) occurred on Jan. The company also gained momentum from 2016 through 2018 as cryptocurrency prices soared. 22, 1999, with shares being sold at $12. Of course, a lot has changed since then. Cryptocurrency miners gobbled up the company's high-powered GPUs.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Since its initial public offering in early 2006 at $22 per share, Chipotle stock has rocketed to as much a $2,725 per share, as of roughly three weeks ago. in 2018, the company introduced the "Chipotlane," which is a drive-thru lane devoted to digital-order pickup.

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JULY 5, 2024

Bain acquired Varsity Brands in 2018 from private equity firms Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group for around $2.5 Reuters reported last year that Bain was exploring a sale or initial public offering of Varsity Brands. Varsity Brands consists of two main businesses, BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit.

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