REDDIT (#REDDIT) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO) (EXPECTED FIRST DAY OF TRADING: MARCH 21, 2024)
SOCIAL NETWORKING
- SOCIAL MEDIA MARKET SHARE: Facebook continues to lead with around 64% portion of the market, followed by Instagram and Pinterest, taking up a little over 9% each. YouTube takes up around 7.5%, while Reddit takes up around 0.55%. This is according to the Statacounter.com.
- COMPANY: Reddit is the 19th most visited website on the internet and 6th most popular social media provider. Reddit allows anonymous posts, supporting honesty and transparency. Interestingly, posts can be voted by the community and the posts with highest votes generate greater authority.
- FOUNDED: 2005
- ACTIVE USERS: Reddit had around 70 million daily users in 2023 (UP by 13 million in 2022) and 850 million monthly users (UP from 2022’s 812 million). They have around 270 million weekly active users.
- MONEY- GENERATION: Reddit makes money through advertising on the site. In recent quarters, it would make a quarterly ad revenue of around $200 million on average. The company also offers premium packages of around $5.99 a month.
REDDIT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- REDDIT CUTS A DEAL WITH GOOGLE: According to the Verge, Google is getting AI training data from Reddit as part of a new partnership between the two companies. A deal reportedly worth $60 million per year will give Google real-time access to Reddit’s data and use Google AI for Reddit’s search.
REDDIT: FINANCIALS
- REVENUE IN FISCAL 2023: $810 million. This is still up from 2022’s $670 million.
- NET LOSS IN FISCAL 2023: Reddit is not profitable company yet, reporting a loss of $90.8 million in 2023.
- CASH: $1.2 BILLION.
REDDIT: PRICE ACTION
- EXPECTED (IPO) OPEN PRICE: $31-$34 a share
- IPO CAPITAL RAISE: $473.6 - $519.4 million.
- MARKET CAPITALIZATION: $6.4 billion.
- STOCK EXCHANGE: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- EXPECTED IPO DATE: MARCH 21.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO): FIRST DAY OF TRADING
- 2000- 2023: AVERAGE FIRST DAY RESULT = 20.00%
Source: Nasdaq.com
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*- Current Prices From Market Close On March 14, 2024
Please note that past performance does not guarantee future results.