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JUNE 28, 2023

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) went public at $16 per share on March 15, 2018. It now trades at around $150, so a $1,000 investment in its initial public offering would have grown to nearly $9,400 in just over five years. They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In the stock market's latest head-scratching move, shares of Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) have soared after their initial public offering (IPO). But there's something interesting for investors to note in VinFast's prospectus. And the comparison might temper investor enthusiasm.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

When it comes to looking at undervalued stocks, investors might be cautious in a hypercompetitive industry like coffee. While the Starbucks brand has distinguished itself in the coffee market, most coffee houses are independents or smaller chains that are not well suited for public markets.

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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. Who needs profit when you're growing like this?

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Although you couldn't have been certain at the time, if you'd been lucky enough to take a chance on its initial public offering (IPO), you'd be sitting on a lot of money today. The opportunity of a lifetime Amazon went public in 1997 with an IPO price of $18 per share.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The tech sector has minted plenty of millionaires over the years, but it has also disappointed many investors who chased the wrong stocks. To find the next millionaire-maker tech stock, investors should seek out companies with unique advantages, high growth rates, and sticky business models.

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APRIL 8, 2024

This continues Alibaba's struggles, a stock that has suffered a net loss since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014. Knowing its history, is the share repurchase the move the Chinese e-commerce retailer and cloud service provider needs to inspire a recovery, or should investors remain on the sidelines?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

After debuting via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2018, the company's shares were more or less flat for its first two years of existence. SPOT data by YCharts Spotify shares dropped 76% from their peak as pandemic restrictions eased and tech stocks fell out of favor in late 2021 and into 2022. Then came the collapse.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has taken investors on a bit of a roller coaster ride since it was spun off from eBay and went public in 2015. Along with innovating new product offerings for merchants, the fintech has made some significant headway in establishing revenue-generating partnerships with major companies. times earnings and 2.5

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Savvy investors know The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) as the leading demand-side platform in the ad tech industry. The chart below shows the stock's performance since its 2016 initial public offering. The chart below shows the stock's performance since its 2016 initial public offering.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A meager investment of $100 in Netflix stock, made on its initial public offering (IPO) date of May 23, 2002, would be worth nearly $60,000 as of this writing. Clearly, the stock has been a fantastic winner since its IPO, but how has it performed over the last 10 years? Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

It's too late for investors who don't own Nvidia to benefit from the stock's past performance. The company conducted its initial public offering on Jan. However, over the last 10 years, Nvidia has experienced only one negative first quarter with its shares falling around 7% in Q1 of 2022.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Posting annualized total returns of 26% since its initial public offering in 2009, OTC Markets Group (OTC: OTCM) may be one of the most surprising multibaggers on the publicly traded markets. Corporate services (42%): Three separate markets for public trading: OTCQX Best Market, OTCQB Venture Market, and the Pink Market.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

This article will focus on three dividend stocks that yield investors between 9.7% These companies offer some of the highest-yielding dividends you can find, but investors should keep a few things in mind before buying in. banks' share of senior secured loans went from 33% in 1995 to just 8% in 2022. They are B.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

But with its stock currently trading at about $170, some investors might be wondering if Applied Materials might split its shares again. Applied Materials has already split its stock nine times since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1972. Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

The stock market has been unpredictable in recent years, with many companies enjoying immense growth in 2021 amid COVID-19 lockdowns only to lose all they had gained the following year after a macroeconomic-fueled sell-off in 2022. So, here are two stock-split stocks the smartest investors are buying for 2024.

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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. Its growth is accelerating and stabilizing Alibaba's growth decelerated in fiscal 2022 and 2023 as it struggled with those macro, competitive, and regulatory challenges. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO) is a recent IPO ( initial public offering ) stock that might be hitting its stride. Its share price slid following a hot IPO in September, but investors have been slowly returning to the stock. a one-percentage point uptick from the same period of 2022. and Klaviyo wasn't one of them!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) shocked many investors by initiating a dividend this year. That meager yield won't catch the eye of most dividend investors. Data dividend lovers will love Many dividend-focused investors put too much emphasis on a stock's current yield. NOTE: Returns data from 1973-2022.

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MARCH 13, 2024

No doubt, the mention of AI and the stock's huge price movement brought more investor attention to the U.K.-based based company, which seemed to have previously been flying under the radar of many individual investors. Haas was elevated to Arm's CEO position in 2022 following the failed Nvidia deal.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) stock has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut in July 2021. The maker of luxury electric sedans went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and its stock started trading at $25.24 and China drive investors away from Chinese stocks. four months later.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

One would think that a two-year bull market with high valuations would lead to a wave of initial public offerings. It shouldn't surprise investors to hear some big AI companies are gearing up for their public debut given how AI stocks have taken on huge valuations in the current market.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

For some investors, it's not enough to put all their money in an index fund and watch and wait as it generates a good (roughly average) return. These investors are looking for above-average returns from just one company (or a couple of companies) that they hope will be enough to measurably improve their financial situation in retirement.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

After an impressive run from the bear market lows in late 2022, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) seems to have hit a speed bump. Following the release of its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2023, investors seemed to have turned on the stock, taking it down by over 13% in the next trading session.

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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. Li Auto Li is a Chinese automaker that initially produced only plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), but it rolled out its first battery-powered EV, the Li Mega minivan, earlier this year. Image source: Rivian.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

When looking for growth stocks, it may feel like investors have missed the boat. Growth names such as Nvidia and Amazon are close to all-time highs, and when high-profile investors like Warren Buffett attract attention for selling stocks, one can forgive an investor for concluding that the bull market might be over.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

If you need any more convincing, know that shares happen to be owned by one of the most famous investors of all time. Because Nu had little physical infrastructure, its costs were lower, and thus it was able to offer better terms at a lower price for customers versus the competition. The company was also able to innovate faster.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Since the company's initial public offering ( IPO ) in 1999, the stock has risen nearly 300,000%! Nvidia's share growth Investors who bought one share of Nvidia stock at the IPO would have 480 shares today. Investors shouldn't expect one share of their growth stocks to become 480 shares.

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JULY 12, 2024

Dubai-based Gulf Islamic Investments LLC has raised $100 million from investors including Saudi Arabia’s Al Nahdi Family Office to expand its private equity business across the Middle East and India. will join other investors injecting growth capital, a spokesperson for GII said, without disclosing further details. billion last year.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In fact, some investors have made a habit of mirroring Buffett's trades in order to ride his coattails to substantial long-term gains. The way investors are able to track Buffett's trading activity is via Berkshire's quarterly 13F filing , which was filed on Nov. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

But in 2022, it rose just 12%. That deceleration convinced many investors that Coupang's high-growth days were over, and its stock dropped far below its initial public offering (IPO) price. Analysts expect its revenue to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% from 2022 to 2025.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has minted a lot of millionaires since its public debut in 2002. A $10,000 investment in its initial public offering (IPO) would be worth a whopping $5.4 Some investors might argue that Netflix is running of room to grow. million today. But it wasn't a smooth ride. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

From 2020 to 2022, the restaurant chain saw revenue rise from $6 billion to $8.6 billion for fiscal 2022. in 2020 to nearly three-quarters by fiscal 2022. It had its initial public offering (IPO) more than two years ago amid the pandemic-led e-commerce boom that saw it soaring far above its IPO price of $35.

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JULY 7, 2023

EGYM, the global fitness technology and corporate health innovation leader, is raising up to €207 million in growth capital from its new investor Affinity Partners, a global investment firm based in Miami, USA, as well as from existing investors Mayfair Equity Partners, and Bayern Kapital in a Series F financing round.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

So should investors stick with Arm and stay far away from Intel? Intel's revenue fell 20% in 2022 and dropped another 14% in 2023. in 2016 and spun off again in an initial public offering (IPO) last September. Nvidia, which once tried to buy Arm , remains one of its top investors. Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 14, 2024

Those AI-driven technologies sound promising, but both stocks disappointed their early investors. went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on Dec. 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.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Retail investors were mostly left out of the initial public offering (IPO) bonanza as Reddit shares priced the IPO at $34 but opened for trading at $47 a share, giving a windfall to investors who were able to buy the stock in the IPO or to those who owned it beforehand. million in 2022.

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