The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

The Dow Jones Industrial Average , S&P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite were whipsawed between bear and bull markets in successive years from 2020 through 2023. Shares of Chipotle have skyrocketed more than 14,200% since its January 2006 initial public offering price of $22. This is Sony's first stock split in 24 years.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 16, 2024

Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits aim to increase a company's share price to ensure it meets the minimum listing requirements on a major stock exchange. For all intents and purposes, most investors seek out companies enacting forward-stock splits. When complete, this split will lower Sony Group's U.S.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 27, 2024

A forward stock split involves reducing a company's share price to make it more nominally affordable for investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases with their broker. Meanwhile, reverse stock splits are designed to increase a public company's share price to ensure continued listing on a major stock exchange.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in June 2019. Looking back five years, starting with its early days as a public company, how much money would you have if you'd invested $1,000 in October 2019? That's because Chewy offered a convenient way for new pet owners to access what they needed.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 29, 2024

The company got off to a blistering start when it went public in late 2020, but the past few years have revealed the cyclical nature of the young company. The stock peaked at more than $400 in the year after its initial public offering (IPO) and is down 94% from its high. The stock, priced around 3.7

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What their research showed was that dividend stocks more than doubled the average annual return of public companies that didn't offer a dividend: 9.17% vs. 4.27%. billion in net sales reported in 2020. Image source: Getty Images. Ideally, investors want to receive the maximum yield possible with the least amount of risk.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

The first decision you must make is your endpoint: an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition by a public company, acquisition by a private company, or a private equity takeover? Each requires you to make different decisions as your company grows. At the end of 2024, the company was valued at $15B.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It went through several boom-and-bust cycles in its 40-year history as a public company, but it still turned a $1,000 investment in its initial public offering into nearly $57,000. Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is one of the world's leading producers of DRAM and NAND memory chips. and Europe escalated.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In September, shares of gym chain Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT) dropped to multiyear lows after the company suddenly removed Chris Rondeau from his position as CEO. 2013, leading the company through its initial public offering (IPO) in 2015. Rondeau had been at the helm since Jan. Data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2024

Prior to the Goldman note today, Snowflake was about $135 per share -- not too far off from its $120 initial public offering ( IPO) price back in September of 2020, nearly four years ago. At the end of February, he was appointed CEO as former CEO Frank Slootman stepped back into the chairman of the board role.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The venture capital and initial public offering (IPO) markets were flush with cash. billion in capex -- showing the company's ability to cut costs in the face of high interest rates and a difficult sales environment. It is paramount for a young public company to set reasonable expectations and meet or exceed them.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

ai's journey as a public company (it held its initial public offering, or IPO, in December 2020), investors should be more concerned with revenue growth than profitability, in my view. At this early stage in C3.ai's The metric to watch closely is revenue growth over the next three quarters of fiscal 2024.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Amazon 's (NASDAQ: AMZN) investment in electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) gets a fair amount of coverage in the financial press, but many investors are probably not aware that the e-commerce giant owns stock in nine other publicly traded companies. Its 10-stock portfolio was worth $2.53 billion on June 30.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

I'm excited to be here for our company's first earnings call and to provide you with an update of our second-quarter 2023 results. At the end of May, we completed our initial public offering, a significant milestone for our company and the culmination of multiple years of work.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Reflecting on the journey from Safer Way to Whole Foods to Amazon.com to Love.Life, John shares how passion, purpose, and unexpected surprises shaped a company that's transformed the way America eats. John first joined me on this podcast in September 2020 talking about his new book at the time Conscious Leadership. They became friends.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

IPO I think initial public offering, I think maybe your first sign that you're becoming an investor is when you know what IPO stands for. David Gardner: Cava is now a public company. Bill Mann: Public as of this last week. Even people who are not new to investing, not quite sure what EBITDA is.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Shao-Lee Lin -- Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director Thank you, Tyler, and good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Acelyrin's first quarterly earnings call as a public company. Since our founding in 2020, we have created a robust portfolio.

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MARCH 25, 2025

And what better place to look for growth than an initial public offering (IPO), right? After analyzing a couple of high-profile technology IPO stocks from recent years, my hope is that investors will come away with a clear idea of whether or not investing in the CoreWeave offering is a prudent choice right now.

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MARCH 16, 2025

Yet, I remain bullish on the company's stock. Reddit hasn't even been a public company for an entire year. The company's stock debuted via an initial public offering (IPO) on March 21 , 2024. Here's why. First of all, investors need to gain some perspective. Since then, shares are up 159%.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a public company for more than 44 years. The company's struggles in the 1990s even led to some investors doubting the company's survival. Running the numbers Apple's board of directors has declared five stock splits since its 1980 initial public offering (IPO).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 9, 2025

Learn More Berkshire invested in a cloud computing company called Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) in 2020. 31), and management said that over 4,000 of them were already using the company's AI products on a weekly basis. This was the slowest pace in its tenure as a public company. Snowflake generated a record $3.4

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2025

After a long pause, it looks as though the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) may be heating up again. Even amid tariff uncertainty clouding the near-term picture, several private companies are now on track to go public. That valuation would be massively more expensive than public company peers.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 7, 2025

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump's presidency has hugely impacted financial markets, boosting a slew of companies that aim to capitalize on the sentiments that spurred his election victory. With its rapidly growing audience, Newsmax plays an important role in shaping public opinion. which owns Fox News. billion) by 2 p.m.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2025

billion in cumulative sales of Palantir stock since its September 2020 initial public offering. What's even more eye-popping is that there hasn't been a single director or executive who's purchased shares of Palantir since it went public. billion worth of Nvidia stock, and are closing in on $6.9

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In fact, here at our cold campfire, Kirsten, are you wearing anything produced by a favorite public company of yours? This company really completely morphed over the course of the last 15 years. Then, 2020 happened. Rather than steer clear, I made seven different purchases of Axon across 2020. Revenues shot up 1.2

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APRIL 6, 2025

When the dust settled on the first trading day after the announcement, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) saw their worst days since 2020, closing the day down 4.8% CoreWeave A third company that took it on the chin after the tariff announcement is newly minted public company CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV).

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