“Robinhood Has the Worst Debut Ever for IPO of Its Size”
July 30, 2021
“Shares in the broker behind the meme-stock revolution fell 8.4% below the IPO price in the company’s first trading session. That’s the worst debut on record among 51 U.S. firms that raised as much cash as Robinhood or more, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
It dethroned the 2007 IPO by another brokerage, MF Global Holdings Ltd., as the worst debut among qualifying firms. MF Global ended its first day down 8.2%. Read more: Robinhood Loses More Ground in Trading Debut After Muted IPO
Robinhood opened at the $38 initial public offering price. For an IPO of Robinhood’s size and larger, that’s the weakest opening trade since Uber Technologies Inc. in May of 2019 among U.S. firms. Uber finished its debut session down 7.6%…”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/robinhood-flirts-worst-debut-ever-172454124.html