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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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AUGUST 7, 2024

Not only is it a Dividend King, but its ongoing 62-year dividend growth streak is one of the longest of any public company on record. The company boasts a AAA credit rating, higher than the U.S. government, and is one of just two public companies with the designation.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What happened Shares of recently minted public company VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) collapsed as much as 44.6% The Vietnamese manufacturer of electric vehicles ( EVs ) just went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and soared over 100% on the back of investor hype and its low float.

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JULY 24, 2023

Some 20% of companies on the Russell 1000 instituted leadership pay cuts in 2020, according to Just Capital, a nonprofit research firm focused on corporate equity. Overall, base pay at 300 major US public companies accounted for just 11% of CEO's total compensation in fiscal year 2022, according to Korn Ferry research.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

After honing its image and culture and developing a line of popular beverages, it became a public company with big growth plans. It has successfully entered new states on the West Coast and across mostly Southern states, for now, and it has grown from a total of 415 stores in 2020 to 912 by the end of Q2.

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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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OCTOBER 18, 2024

which is what often happens when Berkshire discloses a new stake in a company. In 2020, Berkshire had two positions that were given confidential treatment, which were eventually revealed to be integrated oil and gas giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and telecom titan Verizon Communications.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

million $1,400 million 2020 12.0 Here's what that's looked like since going public in 2015. But ideally, companies should create more than $1 of long-term shareholder value for every $1 they spend. With this in mind, I believe it's fair to be critical of PayPal's capital allocation as a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Roku has posted double-digit annual revenue growth every year as a public company, but for the first time since 2020 the top-line gains are accelerating in 2024. Its last shareholder letter leaned on a third-party industry report showing that Roku has a 47% share of the time spent on streaming by U.S. Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

After declining in each of its first two years as a public company, Palantir finally paid off for its shareholders. Decelerating growth isn't a death sentence, especially when a company is posting high top-line gains that are seemingly unsustainable. Palantir went public in late 2020.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Wood was an early supporter of Palantir following the company's initial public offering (IPO) in 2020. However, Wall Street was somewhat skeptical of the company due to its heavy reliance on government contracts. military and Western allies.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In its first reported quarter as a public company, its fiscal Q1 2020 (ended April 30, 2019), CrowdStrike posted year-over-year revenue growth of 103%. Consistently slowing revenue growth over its history as a public company doesn't sound great, but it doesn't tell the whole story.

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JULY 2, 2023

During the bull run of 2020 and early 2021, it was easy to be a stock picker as it seemed like everything was going up. Luckily, there are many companies that make great investments even when times are tough. That's when companies like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) shine. SPX data by YCharts. SPX data by YCharts.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Realty's stock price is down 15% year to date and trades for around the same price as mid-2020. Since its inception as a company, more than $800 billion has been transacted on its platform. Revenue growth for Shopify has remained consistent throughout its time as a public company.

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MARCH 31, 2024

It's the second-largest public company in the world for a reason, and I don't think its stock price is about to collapse. Yet however impressive its past performance, what matters to investors is how the company will perform going forward. billion 2020 196.9 Will the rise of AI mean the beginning of the end for Apple?

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Currently, only seven public companies have a market capitalization that exceeds $1 trillion. More companies will undoubtedly reach the trillion-dollar threshold as the global economy continues to expand.

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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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JULY 16, 2024

Cathie Wood has struggled to beat the market after a blowout 2020 put her Ark Invest family of exchange-traded funds on the map. The company didn't post disappointing financial results, and it has yet to announce its first quarterly results as a public company. She continues to add to her existing positions. Why the fall?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Michael Saylor is the Executive Chairman at MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , a company that specializes in business intelligence software. However, MicroStrategy is better known as the first public company to adopt Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as its primary treasury reserve asset, and it recently rebranded itself as a "Bitcoin development company."

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2024

six weeks packed full of operating results from public companies), can make it easy for important data to fly under the radar. I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention that no insiders have purchased shares of Nvidia on the open market since December 2020. Important data releases aren't hard to come by on Wall Street.

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JUNE 24, 2024

From hype to the trash heap Snowflake went public in late 2020, near the peak of a euphoric stock market that snatched up growth stocks due to zero-percent interest rates. Today, Snowflake is trading at a fraction of the valuation it once did and its lowest as a public company.

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MAY 9, 2024

Snowflake went public in late 2020, and shares have continually compressed since the market bubble popped months later. The business also generates robust cash flow; approximately 42% of revenue is now winding up as free cash flow.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Still, the stock can be purchased at some of its lowest valuation levels seen in its eight years as a public company. times sales still isn't cheap, it's much more reasonable than the 20-plus times sales it traded at leading into 2020. Data by YCharts.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The latest report ranked more than 1,700 public companies based on their long-term revenue growth prospects. Most cohorts have also beat the market in terms of total returns, and the authors believe the laggards (2020 and 2021) could outperform in the long run. Here's what investors should know about Datadog and Snowflake.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Federal Reserve is meeting this week and has hinted broadly that it will cut interest rates for the first time since 2020. Cathie Wood hasn't lost all faith in the company. Advertisers immediately curtailed their spending, and The Trade Desk reported a quarterly net loss for the first time as a public company.

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JULY 14, 2023

Shares traded for around $120 at the beginning of 2020, rose to a high of $443 at the beginning of 2021, and then fell to a low of $41 in late 2022. Revenue growth is slowing During its rapid bull market run in 2020, Twilio's stock appreciation was primarily driven by its eye-popping revenue numbers.

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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. The Japan-based consumer electronics company announced a 5-for-1 stock split on May 14 , with an effective date for the company's American depositary receipts (ADRs) of October 8.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the world's most valuable public company since 2011 when it had a market capitalization of just under $340 billion. Fast forward to today, and Apple's market cap is just under $3 trillion. Needless to say, it has made some happy and wealthy investors along the way.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Investors went wild over Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) stock when it first went public in late 2020, only for the shares of the artificial intelligence (AI) credit scoring company to crumble in 2022 as lending slowed. Management expects net profit in the 2024 first quarter and full year.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This space stock sees very little revenue on the horizon Virgin Galactic has had its shares of ups and downs during its short time as a public company. Wednesday after one Wall Street analyst warned of a "catalyst-lull" up ahead.

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MARCH 19, 2024

billion S&P 500 companies collectively spent on share repurchases on a trailing-12-month basis, as of Sept. The reason public companies enact share repurchase programs is threefold: For companies with steady or growing net income, a steady reduction in the number of outstanding shares can increase earnings per share (EPS) over time.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Q2 2020 $17 million Q2 2021 $48 million Q2 2022 $115 million Q2 2023 $141 million Data source: Block. If you look at Block's quarterly operating margin , it has managed to break even just a few times as a public company. While this product was primarily used in the U.S. Chart by author. billion, while gross profit was up 18%.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

DraftKings' business began to pick up dramatically after the Supreme Court ruling, but it somehow managed to accelerate its top-line gains in 2020 when the COVID-19 crisis shut down many live sporting events. 2018: 18% 2019: 43% 2020: 90% 2021: 111% 2022: 73% 2023: 76% (through the first nine months) Image source: Getty Images.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The cycle of expectations When 2020 began, Peloton stock was trading for around $30 per share and the company was doing great. Peloton ended calendar year 2019 (the second quarter of fiscal 2020) with its revenue growing 77% and its connected fitness subscribers increasing by 96% year over year. So where are we today?

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AUGUST 16, 2023

But VinFast's debut also shows that there's still clearly room in investors' eyes for newly public companies in high-growth markets. Beleaguered EV-maker Nikola also used a SPAC in 2020; its valuation has declined by more than half to $1.5 billion.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

And for much of PayPal's life as a public company, free cash flow increased. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* Net revenue $17.8 But something very big happened with PayPal's business in late 2020: It launched buy now, pay later (BNPL) at checkout. billion $21.5 billion $25.4 billion $27.5 billion $29.6 billion $5.1

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