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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. Furthermore, in 2021, Palantir was not the profitable company it is today.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

The press release reads like a brief overview of IonQ's business prospects. At the same time, it should be said that IonQ remains a speculative investment with uncertain long-term prospects. The balance sheet has $370 million of cash and short-term investments, mostly culled from the initial public offering in 2021.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Indian hospitality unicorn OYO is in talks with private equity firm Apollo Global Management to refinance a $660m loan as the chain aims to reduce its debt in preparation for its initial public offering [IPO], sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Nonetheless, the sales multiple may offer some hope to investors. Before the 2022 bear market , you have to go back to 2016, not long after its initial public offering, to find a time when Shopify traded below its current P/S ratio.

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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). As reality set in, so did the profit-taking, and the stock is still down 90% from its early 2021 peak. But the pendulum swings both ways.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But their long-term business prospects are no less exciting now than they were before the inflation panic set in. Digital advertising accounts for a significant chunk of the company's incoming revenues, and that market ran into a global downturn in 2021. As a result, Roku's stock trades 83% below its all-time high right now.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

What's noteworthy is that Berkshire Hathaway has owned Nu shares since its initial public offering in December 2021. And it clearly shows how well its offerings are resonating with consumers in its three markets. Management claims that Nu is the largest digital banking platform outside of Asia.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 5, 2024

The private equity industry carried a record level of ‘dry power’ into the new year, which some investors might translate into boosting prospects for M&A as interest rates start to retreat. As such, there is US$2.8 trillion worth of what Bain calls a “a towering backlog” of unsold investments.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Hitting the public markets in September 2021 was probably poor timing for Toast (NYSE: TOST). Shares were up in the first few weeks following the initial public offering (IPO). However, they have cratered since then. However, the gains are still very healthy.

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JULY 2, 2023

It rocketed from its $20 initial public offering (IPO) price to more than $400 per share, even as one pundit praised the stock on television but couldn't explain what the company does, and then crashed to $12. Now that you've readjusted your neck from that whiplash, it's time to sort out Upstart's investment prospects.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

TransMedics held its initial public offering (IPO) in 2019 and saw its stock rise over 300% by 2023. TransMedics' magnificent Organ Care System In 2021, nearly 15,000 admirable organ donors passed away in the United States. Thanks to these kind souls, 2021 was a record year for successful organ transplants in the U.S.,

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JULY 25, 2024

Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) has had a rough go of it in recent years, with the stock plunging 93% from its all-time high in late 2021. This high level of automation bodes well for Upstart's margins and enables it to quickly scale up and address the growing demand for its loans, as it did in 2021 when its business boomed.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

And they're far above the initial public offering (IPO) price from December 2021. Nu's valuation Usually, if you see a business posting strong revenue and earnings growth even remotely in the same ballpark as Nu is, then you're probably expecting the valuation to be in nosebleed territory. But that's not the case here.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Consequently, its stock has only experienced modest growth since its initial public offering (IPO) more than four years ago. That is well below its peak of 10 from early 2021. Since it has attained industry-leading brand awareness, prospective riders can use its app worldwide.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Toast went public in the summer of 2021, a great time for companies to have an initial public offering ( IPO ) because of the bullish sentiment in the market. Today, the stock trades down more than 75% from all-time highs after rising interest rates dampened the prospects for various hot growth stocks.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

The stock soared during the early days of the pandemic, shortly after its initial public offering (IPO). But Chewy shares are now down 74% from their early 2021 peak, unable to live up to the once-incredible hype. billion on their "fur babies" last year, up nearly 11% from 2021's tally. Image source: Getty Images.

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APRIL 5, 2024

In 2021, the government fined Alibaba over $2.5 Alibaba has also discussed splitting the company into six separate businesses that would be run by separate CEOs and pursue initial public offerings (IPOs) and separate financing. So far, this plan has been delayed.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Consumers seemed to respond well to the product, and increasing numbers of restaurants offered products made by Beyond Meat and its chief competitor, Impossible Foods. With that, the company launched its initial public offering (IPO) in May 2019, and Beyond Meat's share price quickly surged beyond the $25 per share IPO price to over $200.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

This stock is poised for years of profitable growth Justin Pope (Monday.com): Every software stock looked like a winner in 2021, but higher interest rates have created a more challenging economy in which investors have seen the cream rise to the top. Among fintechs , perhaps few are less understood by U.S.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The cloud-based communications software provider went public at $15 in June 2016, and it reached its all-time high of $443.49 in February 2021. So if you had invested $40,000 in its initial public offering, that would have briefly blossomed to $1.18 Why did Twilio's stock drop nearly 90% from its all-time high?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Shares of Teladoc soared from roughly $80 at the beginning of 2020 to as high as $294 in 2021. Today, its shares trade for just $7.20 -- 74% below their initial public offering price, and down 97% from their all-time high. You may be wondering how Hims & Hers differentiates itself from other online pharmacies.

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MAY 16, 2024

Palantir has not risen significantly above $25 per share since late 2021. The big-data company launched its initial public offering ( IPO) in late 2020. The big-data company launched its initial public offering ( IPO) in late 2020. Are investors too late?

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MARCH 18, 2024

Reddit , which claims to be "the front page of the internet," will be making its public debut as a stock on March 21. It will be the first significant tech initial public offering ( IPO ) of the year and could be an important test for prospective companies looking to go public.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2023

A solid group of stock picks should include proven, established winners that still have strong growth prospects. Its stock has gained nearly 5,000% over that time, and much more going back to its initial public offering. One excellent example today is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

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MAY 26, 2024

Since going public in 2021, Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) has worked hard to become a household name. Revenue is up 868% since the company's initial public offering. First, Rivian went public in 2021. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock, for instance, surpassed $360 per share in 2021.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Spurred by improving profitability and enthusiasm for its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, the company's share price has soared 141% over the last year. On the other hand, the stock is still down 57% from the high it reached shortly after its initial public offering.

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MARCH 9, 2024

From its initial public offering in April 2018 to its all-time high in late 2021, shares skyrocketed more than 3,200%. That's even with the current market cap of $16 billion being well below its all-time high of roughly $31 billion in August 2021. Based on 2023 unit volume, the company commands just 0.9%

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JULY 8, 2023

Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA) got off to a buoyant start last month, spiking sharply higher at its June 15 initial public offering. That would increase the footprint size by nearly four-fold, not including possible prospects to open locations outside the U.S. However, the shares have come down slightly since that time.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

All three stocks, which operate a variety of real estate businesses, are highly sensitive to interest rates and mortgage rates, which make it harder for real estate companies to borrow and for prospective homebuyers and others to buy property.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Toast (NYSE: TOST) had its initial public offering (IPO) during the bull market in late 2021. As of this writing, shares of this restaurant-focused software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) business are down 74% from their all-time high, which was set in November 2021. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Global Switch was initially eyeing an initial public offering in Hong Kong. The UK company’s shareholders started considering selling the business in 2021 at a time when other Chinese corporates were unwinding acquisitions of non-core assets they acquired in recent years. Other bidders included KKR & Co.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

It's hard to imagine, but back in the fourth quarter of 2021 the company manufactured barely 1,000 cars. As a small silver lining, it did have one of the largest initial public offerings ( IPOs ) for an American company in nearly a decade when it debuted on the Nasdaq Stock Market in November 2021. billion today.

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APRIL 18, 2024

EY reports that while the total number of initial public offerings made in Q1 was down 7% year over year, the 7% growth in the total amount of funds hints that this business is on the mend. It's not just a rekindling of the capital markets business that makes JPMorgan stock such an interesting prospect this year, though.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you can step into a compelling stock prospect at a lower price, though, why wouldn't you? With that as the backdrop, risk-tolerant investors looking for a bargain-priced growth name may want to scoop up some shares of coffee outfit Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) while they're still down 66% from their late-2021 peak.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The current bear market weighs on investor holdings, but it's also suppressing the initial public offering (IPO) market. The previous bull market reached a height in 2021 and was capped off by a year of record initial public offerings (IPOs) -- more than 1,000, topping the previous record year set in 2020.

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JULY 1, 2023

The stock surged in 2021 shortly after its initial public offering (IPO), when the economy was strong and interest rates were low. Its market cap today is just north of $1 billion after gaining 23% so far this year, meaning the market is still skeptical of its prospects. That's an addressable market of $2.7

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JUNE 30, 2023

After its initial public offering in December 2020, the stock quickly soared 50% over the next two months. But it has mainly been a downward trajectory since that all-time high price in February 2021. Capturing even a tiny share of this spend will boost Airbnb's prospects. trillion market.

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