New York: Even though Uber stock started publicly trading below its IPO price, the stock price will recover and grow, predicted Daniel Ives of the investment firm, Wedbush Securities.
Uber began trading as a public company at USD 42 per share Friday, nearly 7% below its initial public offering price on an already volatile day for the markets.
Facing a turbulent time at its drivers' end, Uber Technologies has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at USD 45 per share and aims to raise USD 8.1 billion as it prepared for its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
According to a CNBC report late on Thursday, "at the IPO price of USD 45 per share, the company will be valued on a non-diluted basis at about USD 75.46 billion".
"On a fully diluted basis, Uber has an implied market valuation of USD 82.4 billion," the report added.
The ride-hailing service is offering 180 million shares of its common stock.
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Uber was expected to be valued at as much as USD 120 billion following its offering.
"But it dialled back the projected price of its shares after rival Lyft, which went public in March, saw it's stock sink sharply following its IPO. Lyft shares were trading this week at around USD 54, down 25 per cent from their debut day," reports CBSNews.
The company registered USD 11.3 billion in revenue for 2018 -- up 43 per cent from 2017. It adjusted losses of USD 1.8 billion, an improvement over losses of USD 2.6 billion in 2017, according to its IPO filing.
Uber filed its IPO process last month. It would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "UBER".
As of December 31, 2018, it had 91 million, or 9.1 crores, monthly active platform users. There were 3.9 million, or 39 lakh, drivers on the platform by the end of 2018.
Uber drivers in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, London and Tokyo joined a global strike and logged off from the app as they cash incentives have considerably gone down while work hours have gone up.
