Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Facebook back to 0 here are 10 IPO's that beat that

 

Jul 31, 2013, 1:04pm PDT Updated: Jul 31, 2013, 3:43pm PDT

Facebook's back to zero. Here's 10 recent IPOs that beat that


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SolarCity stock has jumped more than fivefold since it went public in December at $8 a share, making CEO Lyndon Rive, left, and Chairman Elon Musk, very happy. The San Mateo solar panel company is trading at more than $40 now.
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Facebook finally got back to its IPO offering price on Wednesday, if only briefly, about 14 months after going public at $38 a share.
After trading as high as $38.31, however, it finished the day below its version of the Mendoza line at $36.80.
Still, considering how it was worth less than half that amount shortly after it rang the opening bell on the Nasdaq in May 2012, it is a reincarnation worth celebrating.
But the folks who helped the Menlo Park-based social networking giant raise a record amount of money by buying at $38 probably aren't popping the champagne yet. They are just back to zero.
Meanwhile there have been a number of less-celebrated Silicon Valley and Bay Area tech companies that have gone public whose post-IPO run-up puts Facebook to shame.
Click through the accompanying photo gallery to see 10 of the local tech stars whose post-IPO stock performance has beaten Mark Zuckerberg and company.
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Cromwell Schubarth is the Senior Technology Reporter at the Business Journal. His phone number is 408.299.1823.

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