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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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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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. wasn’t one of them.

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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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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 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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JANUARY 14, 2024

An overlooked e-commerce giant Before going public, Coupang built a massive first-party logistics network that placed fulfillment centers within seven miles of 70% of South Korea's population. million at the end of the year, compared to its 21% growth in 2021 and 26% in 2020. But in 2022, it rose just 12%.

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MAY 23, 2024

The stock has outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 index by more than 50 percentage points over the past decade, delivering a 292% total return. Since 2020, Hercules has delivered returns that exceeded its peer group by a wide margin. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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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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. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of August 1, 2023 Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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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 Thus, if confidence returns, Snowflake's sales multiple could expand again.

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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). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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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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. Or is it too richly valued to be a smart buy right now?

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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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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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JULY 5, 2024

In the past 33 years, the S&P 500 's average annual return is about 10.6%. It's hard to find a return much better than that elsewhere. Take Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) , a leading biotech company whose average annual return since its 1991 initial public offering (IPO) is 15.1%. The lesson?

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Druckenmiller, through his fund, Duquesne Capital, generated average annual returns of 30%. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This expansion has delivered massive returns for its early investors. 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. Unfortunately for new buyers, a high valuation has contributed to those high returns.

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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. If you overpay for a stock, the returns could be disappointing.

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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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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%. .* and Upstart wasn't one of them!

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MAY 9, 2024

According to a recent study by Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, analysts found that dividend-paying companies have delivered annualized returns of 9.17%, outperforming the S&P 500 index with less volatility over the past 50 years. Hercules offers investors a regular quarterly dividend payment of $0.40

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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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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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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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. and Cava Group wasn't one of them!

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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Keeping $0.18

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JUNE 27, 2024

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). Specifically, the stock has produced a positive first-half return in 18 years and a positive second-half return in 16 of those 18 years, or 89% of the time.

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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. While the hype is building for this company and what it can accomplish, there is reason to believe this could be a situation in which Arm's greatness doesn't end up translating to outsized investment returns.

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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. It's still generating a lot of cash Alibaba's top-line growth is cooling off, but it's returning a lot of its cash to its investors. 18, 2014, to an all-time high of $306.16 Image source: Getty Images.

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JUNE 22, 2024

Rivian Rivian's stock price has plunged nearly 90% from its initial public offering (IPO) in November 2021. Its stock has risen nearly 60% from its IPO price in July 2020. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Let's take a closer look at these three EV stocks.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Tesla's first year posting a net income didn't come until 2020, nearly a decade after its initial public offering (IPO). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Although Alibaba was a hot stock from its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014 through late 2020, it's been a different story since then. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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MAY 13, 2024

The company was founded in 2015, went public through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020, and has faced a steep uphill battle to catch up to its competitors. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. It's been a challenge. The Motley Fool recommends Progressive.

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