Fitbit makes for happy faces at the NYSE
There are a lot of happy people on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange today. They are Fitbit (NYSE: FIT) employees, which went public today at and has displayed one of the more impressive price surges I have ever seen on its way to an IPO.
The Fitbit price surge:
Monday: 29.9 million shares at $14-$16
Tuesday: 34.5 million shares at $17-$19
Wednesday: 36.6 million shares price at $20
Here's why there's a lot of happy faces down here today: the average insider owns the stock at 37 cents.
That's not a typo. Insiders own the stock at an average price of 37 cents.
Fitbit Metrics:
IPO raised: $703.5 million
Market cap: $4.1 billion
That's impressive since GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) only raised $427 million for its IPO.
Investors are swooning over the stock because of how quickly they have scaled. Four years ago, the company had $15 million in revenue. In the latest trailing 12 months, revenues have grown to $973.4 million, and they are profitable, with $170.9 million in net income.
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