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Warren Buffett famously told investors to "be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful." However, investors who buy the right stock as the bulls are heading for the exits can generate some life-changing returns. Metric 2021 2022 2023 1H 2024 Revenue $8.0 billion $15.6 billion $6.9 billion $2.7

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) both experienced major growth spurts during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Those catalysts, along with the buying frenzy in growth and meme stocks, drove both stocks to their all-time highs in 2021. Roku's revenue rose 58% in 2020 and 55% in 2021.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

on July 26, 2021. That same investment would have withered to roughly $137,000 as the company disappointed its investors with its slowing growth, shrinking moat, and persistent losses. Rising interest rates also squeezed its valuations. Period 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Active Accounts (Millions) 19.3

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JULY 28, 2023

After announcing a trifecta of improving earnings numbers, a debt restructuring, and an at-the-market (ATM) stock offering last week, shares of the online used car marketplace are now up about 780% year to date and were, at one point, up over 1,000%. Here's what investors need to know about the company's recent developments.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Investors in Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) , South Korea's biggest e-commerce company, have had a challenging time over the last few years. The company went public on March 11, 2021, at $35 per share and closed at an all-time high of about $50 later that month. Revenue jumped by 90% in 2020, and by 54% in 2021. billion in 2021.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Investors look forward to Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter, and in the 2023 version, released on Feb. In doing so, he's addressing the vast majority of individual investors. In the letter, he points to Berkshire's earnings numbers, which look strange when you consider how they have changed over the past three years.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

It can pay to listen to the legendary investor and former right-hand man to George Soros, too, as he has put up phenomenal stock returns over the long haul. According to CNBC, Druckenmiller became an investor in Coupang years before it went public in 2021. What does Druckenmiller see in Coupang stock? Let's find out.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) disappointed a lot of investors after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in April 2022. Like many other SPAC-backed businesses, SoundHound lost its luster as rising interest rates cast a harsh light on its slowing sales growth, steep losses, and high valuation.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

during the apex of the growth-stock rally in February 2021. It crashed and burned as rising interest rates rattled the housing market, throttled its growth, and drove investors toward more conservative investments. Nevertheless, Opendoor might be an undervalued growth play for investors who can tune out all the near-term noise.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Many fintech stocks were crushed over the past two years as rising interest rates cooled the economy and drove investors toward more conservative investments. But over the past year, the business stabilized as expectations for lower rates and the expansion of its subscription-based Gold plan brought back its investors.

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JULY 14, 2024

Those AI-driven technologies sound promising, but both stocks disappointed their early investors. SentinelOne went public via a traditional initial public offering (IPO) at $35 a share on June 30, 2021 but now trades at less than $20. Should investors buy either of these out-of-favor stocks as a turnaround play?

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JULY 17, 2024

Many hypergrowth stocks fizzled out over the past two years as rising rates compressed their valuations and drove investors toward more conservative investments. From fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023 (which ended last September), CleanSpark's revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 85%. EH/s at the end of June 2024.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

It launched six Electron rockets in 2021, nine rockets in 2022, and 10 rockets in 2023. They also expect its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to turn positive by the final year. It originally planned to launch its Nova-C lander in 2021, but that was repeatedly delayed.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Unfortunately, despite its encouraging business progress, DraftKings' stock price is down around 45% from its March 2021 peak. The good news, though, is that it looks like a bargain for long-term investors. DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) , in particular, is a company known to flood airways with its marketing. Image source: Statista.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

in November 2021. Should investors buy either of these fallen growth stocks as a turnaround play? Analysts expect its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to gradually improve from negative 78% in 2023 to negative 16% in 2025, but that doesn't mean its business model is sustainable yet.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) are both tiny aerospace companies that went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies ( SPACs ) in 2021. But in 2021, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) placed a $1 billion order for 200 of Archer's eVTOL aircraft.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Like many other SPAC-backed companies, Rocket Lab set the bar too high during its pre-merger investor presentation. Rising interest rates exacerbated that pressure by crushing its valuations. It launched six Electron missions in 2021, nine missions in 2022, and 10 missions in 2023. With an enterprise value of $3.7

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Uber (NYSE: UBER) has taken investors on a wild ride since its IPO on May 9, 2019. But at its current price of about $71 and enterprise value of $153 billion, Uber's stock still looks reasonably valued at 31 times forward earnings and 17 times next year's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) loss slipped to negative $12.7 CleanSpark only evolved into a Bitcoin miner after it acquired ATL Data Centers in May 2021. Metric FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 9M FY 2024 Revenue $49.4M $131.5M $168.4M $289.7M million to $236.2

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Shares of fast-moving running shoe upstart On Holding (NYSE: ONON) had a solid 2023, rallying some 80% with just a couple of weeks to go in the year and steadily clawing their way back to their price at the initial public offering (IPO) in late 2021. billion), a 57% year-over-year increase, and up 152% from the same period in 2021.

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APRIL 7, 2024

Below, I'll explain why Opendoor has multibagger potential and what might hinder investors from realizing massive success. The iBuying category was hot in 2020 and 2021, featuring competitors like Redfin and Zillow. Investors can see that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) has recovered.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

After soaring in the early stages of the pandemic on high hopes for its low-code technology, the stock fell sharply in 2021. On the bottom line, Appian also showed significant improvement as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) improved from a loss of $5.3

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In its pre-merger presentation in 2020, it claimed it could ship 600 battery-powered electric trucks (BEVs) in 2021, ship 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and ship 3,500 BEVs in 2023. But in reality, Nikola didn't ship a single BEV in 2021. Metric 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $0 $50.8 It only delivered 35 FCEVs in 2023. million $35.8

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Many fintech stocks stumbled in 2022 and 2023 as inflation and rising interest rates curbed consumer spending, cooled the stock and crypto markets, and drove investors toward more conservative investments. billion and surpassed its pandemic-era high in 2021. In 2023, Robinhood's revenue surged 37% to $1.87

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global-e Online (NASDAQ: GLBE) has been firing on all cylinders lately, delivering a 43% increase in revenue and a 76% jump in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) in the first nine months of 2023. In short, Global-e's short track record makes analyzing it a challenging task.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Many space-oriented companies went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies ( SPACs ) in 2021. That process was simpler and faster than filing a traditional IPO, but it also allowed companies to set ambitious long-term projections, which attracted a lot of speculative investors.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Bill Gates and Jeb Bush's Finback Investment Partners were notably Evolv's top investors prior to its public debut. Evolv went public through a reverse merger with a blank-check company in July 2021. million in 2021 to $132.3 Metric 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $23.7 How fast is Evolv Technologies growing? million in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

After trading above $470 per share back in 2021, Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock eventually lost over 90% of its value, and it has continued to struggle to reignite investor enthusiasm. Let's take a closer look at the company's report to see if this is a buying opportunity or if investors should stay away. billion outlook.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Its investors retreated as its growth cooled off, it broadly missed its pre-merger targets, and it racked up steep losses. In November 2021, BigBear.ai That headline-grabbing partnership, along with the ambitious growth targets it set during its pre-merger presentation in June 2021, generated a lot of buzz for its SPAC-backed debut.

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MAY 16, 2024

Some good reasons to be bullish on Sea Limited stock Sea Limited stock is still miles below the peak it reached in 2021, but Jiang has plenty of reasons to expect big gains ahead. The company's financial services segment outperformed with adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) that soared 50.3%

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) has taken investors on a wild ride since its initial public offering (IPO) in July 2020. during the growth- and meme-stock rally in January 2021, but now trades at about $28. So should investors buy the stock before it breaks out of that price range? Image source: Getty Images. What does Lemonade do?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

At the time of this writing, the stock's $40 price marks an 89% decline from the all-time high of $369 it reached in early 2021. billion in early 2021 and helps explain the disastrous stock price performance over the past several years. Unfortunately for shareholders of the e-commerce giant, the milestone is a bitter one.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. Looking back at Carnival's slowdown and recovery In fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 (which ended in November 2021), Carnival's revenue and number of passengers plummeted.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

First, since lower interest rates make it easier for companies to borrow money, they can help spear business growth. Second, lower interest rates mean fixed-income assets, like bonds, lose some of their appeal compared to stocks, so many investors switch over to and bid up equities.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) , the largest e-commerce company in South Korea, went public at $35 per share on March 11, 2021. It capitalized on that growth to expand into Taiwan in 2021, and it agreed to buy the British luxury online retailer Farfetch (OTC: FTCH) for $500 million in December 2023. It rallied to its all-time high of $50.45

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AUGUST 11, 2024

It's been a nerve-wracking August for investors. After the Federal Reserve closed July by maintaining the benchmark Fed funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, where it's been for over a year, investors have been clamoring for a do-over. million in 2021, a decline of 41%. like the "Magnificent Seven" stocks. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

For many years, there were a lot of opportunities for midstream companies to grow, and investors were happily willing to help finance that via the equity and debt markets. A key inflection point took place in 2021. In the years leading up to 2021 discretionary cash flow per unit was negative. In 2021, it turned positive.

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