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This Year’s Hottest Tech IPOs: A New Wave of Tech Giants

Melisa R. H.Melisa R. H. Posted On May 7, 2019
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Yesterday, co-working giant WeWork (which recently rebranded to The We Company) announced that it confidentially filed for an IPO in December. WeWork will join a growing class of tech firms that have recently gone public. Uber, Lyft, and Pinterest are some who have recently announced plans to trade publicly.

Interest in technology companies is growing as they have huge growth potential. Still, most of the new tech IPOs companies have limited profitability and most still lose money.

Here are the technology companies that have recently announced or have just gone through an IPO.

💻 Technology

Lyft (LYFT-Q)
Uber’s biggest competitor. Their valuation has become reasonable and is considered a soft buy by analysts. They are currently hiring for their new Montreal office, and they are looking to expand their services to more Canadian locations. Their biggest competition, Uber, who will be going public this week, will put pressure on Lyft’s price.

Lyft (LYFT-Q) — Stockchase
Lyft (LYFT-Q) — Stockchase

This and Uber benefited from California voters rejecting proposition 22 which would have classified their drivers as employees, which would have increased their costs. Lyft shot up today.

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Zoom Video Communications Inc. (zm-q)
A communications company that offers remote conferencing services using cloud computing. It’s gained 120 per cent since its IPO in April, exceeding Pinterest and Lyft in evaluation.

Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM-Q) — Stockchase
Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM-Q) — Stockchase

You have to look at where the stock went to, and where the competitive threats will be. It's become a short target, and under pressure. There will be lots of alternatives. Right now, a very dangerous trade. Stay away.

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Pinterest Inc. (PINS-N)
Pinterest started trading publicly on the same day as Zoom Video Communications and has risen 49 per cent. They received a neutral grading following reports that the user base is particularly supportive of monetization. Analysts expect Pinterest to go towards e-commerce.

Pinterest Inc. (PINS-N) — Stockchase
Pinterest Inc. (PINS-N) — Stockchase

It's surged from $34 to $84 since the TikTok deal collapsed, and now trades at 20x sales--one of the priciest stocks around. He'd like Microsoft to buy Pinterest. PINS benefits from a shift to kinder social media, post-Trump.

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Slack (SK-N)
The workplace chat app applied to the SEC to begin publicly trading this month. They are doing a direct public offering, meaning that existing privately-held shares will be sold to the public, and the price will be determined as such.

Slack (WORK-N) — Stockchase
Slack (WORK-N) — Stockchase

Mission is to eliminate email, to lead to higher productivity. Interesting product. Being acquired by Salesforce, in a huge deal. He worries about competition from MSFT Teams. Post-pandemic, businesses are going to be consolidating and eliminating vendors.

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Lightspeed POS (LSPD-T)
A Montreal based POS company that recently went public. They are considered a smaller Shopify. They have great revenue growth with good recurring revenue. A high growth company.

Lightspeed POS (LSPD-T) — Stockchase
Lightspeed POS (LSPD-T) — Stockchase

Has had a great run. It was put to the test in the last 6 weeks. Markets are less keen on paying for these high priced companies, especially when growth is not as scarce. Scores well on price momentum, but terribly for valuation and volatility. Negative ROE and no earnings. Debt is not a problem,…

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Pagerduty (PD-N)
The DevOps software platform’s stock price has nearly grown 60 per cent since it’s IPO. They offers a subscription service that facilitates communication between software developers and operators. Investors are looking more closely to companies that serve the IT needs of businesses.

Pagerduty (PD-N) — Stockchase
Pagerduty (PD-N) — Stockchase

Got stopped out. Still a big fan. On demand, system maintenance and monitoring. Great business model. He would be looking to get back in. A buy at these levels.

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🛍 Consumer

Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND-Q)
The meat replacement product has just gone public last week. They specialize in vegan meat that is sold in the meat department in the grocery store. Their demand has been growing, especially with A&W offering the widely popular Beyond Meat burger.

Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND-Q) — Stockchase
Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND-Q) — Stockchase

He's bullish. He believes in their CEO. When restaurants and cafeterias reopen, BYND will shine. In contrast, many of their peers sell GMO in their food products which millennials and youngsters detest.

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Uber (UBER-N)
The ride-hailing service is preparing for the biggest IPO since Facebook in the US with 180 million shares, expected to bring in about $10.35 billion. The company also operates a food delivery service, business fleet, urban bike program, freight system, and research and development.

Uber (UBER-N) — Stockchase
Uber (UBER-N) — Stockchase

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks On the same day, analyst Youssef Squali of Truist Financial signaled a buy with a price target of $66. On the same morning, Uber leapt 4% to nearly $60. Squali is actually more conservative than his peers, who foresee a mean PT of $72.96. As with SNAP stock, Uber investors are…

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🚚 Industrials

Airbnb (AIRBNB-Q)
The hospitality service startup is preparing for their IPO and should debut on the stock market by the end of the year. They have experienced a great rate of growth. The estimated evaluation for the IPO is at 30 billion dollars.

Airbnb (ABNB-Q) — Stockchase
Airbnb (ABNB-Q) — Stockchase

He really likes this true reopening stock, and long-term it will be a disruptor of accommodation. Soon, it'll be a victim of lock-up expiration when insiders sell their initial shares. Nibble at $157, but back up the truck if this falls to $117.

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WeWork – A coworking and workplace rental company. Last year, they doubled their revenues although it’s been unable to continue at the same rate in 2019. They announced that they are preparing to trade publicly, and investors are watching closely as the growth potential is immense.

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