Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of struggling social media platform Truth Social, is began its long-delayed journey as a public company at Tuesday’s opening bell under the ticker symbol “DJT.”
The stock surged about 56% at the open, to $78, and trading was briefly halted for volatility. Trump Media shares have since stabilized at around $70, marking a 40% increase from Monday’s close.
Wall Street is assigning Trump Media an eye-popping valuation of around $13 billion — a price tag that experts warn is untethered to reality.
The skyrocketing share price comes despite the fact that Trump Media is burning through cash; piling up losses; and its main product, Truth Social, is losing users.
“This is a very unusual situation. The stock is pretty much divorced from fundamentals,” said Jay Ritter, a finance professor at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, who has been studying initial public offerings (IPOs) for over 40 years.
I’m sure he’ll divest before the election, right?
Considering this is a pump and dump scheme to fund his lawsuits and campaign…
As much as I’d just love to suffer through another press conference with roughly 10 reams of unprinted paper on the table to represent all the stocks he’ll be divesting, Trump has reduced the level of discourse and political expectations so much he’ll just claim democrats are the ones pushing for him to divest, refuse, and mainstream media won’t even cover it.