Uber Stock Tumbles After IPO, Leading to Disappointing First Day as Public Company

May
10, 2019

2 min read

Uber raised over $8 billion in its first day as a publicly traded company and still managed to fall short of expectations. The company opened its first day of trading with an initial public offering price of $45, but finished the day at $41.52 — down 7.7 percent. According to The New York Times, “Since 2000, only 18 companies valued at more than $1 billion and listing on American exchanges have opened below their IPO price.”

It’s been a tough month for ride-sharing apps, given how Lyft announced losses of over $1 billion in its first quarter as a publicly traded company just days before.

Many of the other major players in the tech industry also had moderate losses on the day. Amazon shares fell by 9.89 points (-0.52 percent on the day), Facebook fell by 0.18 points (-0.10 percent) and Netflix fell by 1.94 points (-0.53 percent). The Entrepreneur Index™ was also down -0.10 percent on the day.

Meanwhile, the Dow index and S&P 500 rose 0.44 percent and 0.37 percent, respectively. Some of the standouts included Tyson Foods, which was up 1.87 points per share (+2.4 percent); Walmart, up 2.41 points (+2.42 percent) and Costco, up 3.43 points (+1.41 percent).

Related: Uber Is Going Public at a $75.5 Billion Valuation. Here’s How That Stacks Up.

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