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OCTOBER 14, 2024

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. After those recalculations, Plug Power's reported revenue actually turned negative in 2020.

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JUNE 28, 2023

The buyout giant collected €22 billion for the vehicle’s predecessor, CVC Capital Partners VIII, in 2020 after around six months in the market. ” The development comes as CVC plots to go public, with reports that either Amsterdam or London could play host to the firm’s initial public offering as early as this year.

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APRIL 23, 2024

ai (NYSE: AI) attracted lots of attention with its initial public offering (IPO) nearly 3 1/2 years ago. ai went public at $42 on Dec. 9, 2020, and its stock opened at $100 a share before skyrocketing to a record high of $177.47 Metric FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Revenue Growth 71% 17% 38% 6% Data source: C3.ai.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

In late 2020 the government scotched the initial public offering of Alibaba affiliate Ant Group, a move seen as an opening gambit in a long-lasting crackdown on big tech. All three are nearly unavoidable businesses in China, and much of this has to do with the great volume of traffic they receive.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In retrospect, it's clear that Opendoor Technologies ' (NASDAQ: OPEN) earliest public investors got ahead of themselves shortly after its 2020 initial public offering (IPO). It's been around since 2016, although it was off the radar until 2020. million in 2020 to 6.12 The surge wasn't built to last.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Growth was impressive in 2020 and 2021, primarily thanks to ultra-low interest rates and a strong economy. From Upstart's opening price of $20 at its initial public offering in December 2020 to its all-time high in October 2021, shares rose more than 1,200%. These types of gains propelled the stock to new heights.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) minted a lot of millionaires in the first four years after its initial public offering (IPO) in October 2017. The Singapore-based e-commerce and gaming company went public at $15, and its shares soared to an all-time high of nearly $367 on Oct. million at the end of 2020.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

ai went public in December 2020, during a stock market frenzy that was fueled by record low interest rates and truckloads of pandemic-related U.S. Its stock peaked at $161 shortly after its initial public offering ( IPO ), and it's currently trading 84% below that price. government stimulus spending. Because C3.ai

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Electric-vehicle maker Lucid Group has lost 75% of its value since its initial public offering (IPO) and trades more than 95% off its high. From 2020 to 2023, the company's sales increased by 54%, compounded annually , so the expected 88% increase from 2024 to 2025 represents a significant acceleration.

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APRIL 10, 2025

Sign Up For Free A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that Dominion presented convincing evidence that Newsmax had made false statements about Dominion's machines being used to forge or alter votes in the 2020 elections. from market close on the day of its initial public offering (IPO) at the end of March.

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JUNE 14, 2023

After all, the company that started as an online bookstore has -- shall we say -- slightly evolved from that initial vision. As recently as 2020, its shares traded at a P/S ratio of 5.6. The company, which debuted via initial public offering (IPO) in 2021, is laser-focused on growth at this stage.

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JUNE 30, 2024

The company existed for decades in obscurity, and its stock gained little traction for years after its 2007 initial public offering (IPO). Not surprisingly, such improvements have led to a 3,400% gain in the tech stock 's price since 2020. Consequently, its stock is up 190% in the first half of this year.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Its revenue growth is accelerating again Coupang's revenue surged 93% in 2020 as more people shopped online during the pandemic, then grew another 54% in 2021. million at the end of the year, compared to its 21% growth in 2021 and 26% in 2020. Those two moves could curb its dependence on the saturated South Korean market.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Since it first came to the public markets with a 100% gain in its 2006 debut, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been a stock market darling. Shares have climbed 45-fold since that initial public offering (IPO) and 375% since the beginning of 2019.

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JULY 23, 2024

Serve Robotics held its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq on April 18, 2024, at $4 per share. In 2021, Serve was spun off from ride-hailing specialist Uber Technologies following Uber's 2020 acquisition of Postmates. More specifically, Nvidia owns 3,727,033 shares of Serve's 37.1 million shares outstanding.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

QuantumScape's promising battery technology QuantumScape took the market by storm following its November 2020 initial public offering (IPO). With such developments, is now a good time to invest in the EV battery company? Let's dive into the business to find out.

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JULY 14, 2024

Since its initial public offering in 2008, shares have rocketed 1,750% higher. Besides sales dipping single digits in fiscal 2020 due to the pandemic disrupting the global economy, revenue was up in every other year in the past decade. Visa (NYSE: V) has historically been a wonderful investment.

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MAY 20, 2024

However, this cruise line stock was down 23% in the 24 months before the start of 2020, indicative of ongoing investor pessimism. A disappointing voyage Since its initial public offering in 1987, Carnival has generated a total return that pales in comparison to the S&P 500.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nvidia has been through multiple rate-cut cycles since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1999. Finally, Nvidia gained during a rate-cut cycle in 2019 that preceded the pandemic, and then jumped again in 2020 as rates plunged once COVID-19 swept the country. at the start of 2001 to about 1.6%

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JUNE 16, 2024

From their initial public offering in September 2019 to their peak in January 2021, shares of Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) skyrocketed by 550%. That monster run would've turned a $155,000 initial investment into $1 million at its all-time high in about 16 months. Today, its market cap is around $1.38

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AUGUST 25, 2024

The Berkshire sale Berkshire invested in Snowflake before its initial public offering ( IPO ) when the company was still private. When the stock debuted in the public markets in 2020, Berkshire held a position of 6.1 Here's a closer look. million shares, which it held since the IPO.

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MAY 23, 2024

That's because it makes a lot of structured debt investments such as warrants that can turn small amounts of capital into heaps of equity once a portfolio company completes its initial public offering ( IPO ). Since 2020, Hercules has delivered returns that exceeded its peer group by a wide margin.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Since launching its initial public offering in 1985, the stock has risen nearly 61,000%, making it one of the most successful retail stocks in history. After owning positions dating back to 1998, Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway closed their Costco position in 2020. COST data by YCharts.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Disney is an old stock, having traded over the counter since 1940 before an initial public offering in 1957. It has had a great run, growing much more than storied dividends from stocks like Coca-Cola and Proctor and Gamble , before being put on hold in 2020. DIS Dividend data by YCharts Is now the right time?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

While he's been sending shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) packing, he suddenly can't stop buying shares of a beloved consumer brand that's skyrocketed by 67,200% (including dividends) since its initial public offering (IPO). Since hitting an all-time closing high on Nov.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has been a battleground stock since it went public in September 2020. Spurred by improving profitability and enthusiasm for its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, the company's share price has soared 141% over the last year.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Regulators also shut down a planned $37 billion initial public offering by Ant Group. Berkshire Hathaway in 2020 took a significant stake in each of the country's five largest trading houses. China is not the first country to push antitrust violations and try to rein in large companies.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The chart below shows the stock's performance since its 2016 initial public offering. That's why its revenue growth has been 20% or better for every quarter of its publicly traded history except for the second quarter of 2020, during the peak of the pandemic. TTD data by YCharts.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Helping businesses find, acquire, and grow customers, ZoomInfo Technologies (NASDAQ: ZI) and its business-to-business data platform has been on an absolute roller-coaster ride in its first few years as a public company. Keeping $0.18

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JULY 12, 2023

on its first day, which was about 12% below its initial public offering (IPO) price of $47. Revenue rose 25% in 2020, 35% in 2021, and 34% to $576 million in 2022. Its total number of customers grew 6% in both 2020 and 2021, then increased another 11% to 677,000 in 2022. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

The stock soared from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $68 per American depositary share (ADS) on Sept. From fiscal 2014 to 2024 (which ended in March), its revenue expanded at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33% as its adjusted net income increased at a CAGR of 19%. 18, 2014, to an all-time high of $306.16

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AUGUST 30, 2023

SoFi has only been a publicly traded stock since its initial public offering (IPO) in December 2020. Depending on when you invested, you would see very different results. Why has SoFi's stock been volatile?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While the trend is to steer clear of initial public offerings (IPOs) at the moment, not all companies are being trendy. Already, ASML has doubled its annual revenue since 2020. That reluctance is likely tied to a tumultuous market of the past 18 months that put an end to Wall Street's pandemic-related boom.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Palantir launched its initial public offering (IPO) in September 2020 during a bull market. Like numerous tech stocks, initial optimism gave way to a massive sell-off, leading to the stock losing as much as 87% of its value.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Snowflake When Buffett bought Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) stock at its initial public offering (IPO) price in September 2020, it led to a bit of head-scratching around Wall Street. But among the holdings in the conglomerate's portfolio today, two companies in particular look like they're worth buying now for the long haul.

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JULY 5, 2024

Take Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) , a leading biotech company whose average annual return since its 1991 initial public offering (IPO) is 15.1%. For instance, in October 2020, the biotech halted a phase 2 study for an otherwise promising candidate partly because of safety concerns.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That's much cheaper than the stock's historical average valuation since its initial public offering in 2020. Lending activity basically tightened up, which has spilled over into this year. Upstart's stock current trades at a price-to-sales multiple of 4.8.

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