
How many times have you read something like, “If you bought Amazon at the initial public offering, you’d have $24 gazillion today”?
(In fact, Amazon went public at $18 per share and gained well over 8,200% since then.)
And it isn’t just behemoths like Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) that have rewarded IPO investors with big gains.
Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) offered peak gains of 670% for IPO investors in just three years of trading.
Even Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) surged nearly 70% in just over a month after its Nov. 2014 IPO.
With those sorts of opportunities, it’s no wonder why people get really excited over IPOs.
Fast forward to today, and the hot company people want to buy is the ride-sharing company Uber. The Uber IPO may end up raising over $20 billion in new capital and bring its market value to as much as $120 billion.
Let’s put that into perspective.
A $20 billion IPO by Uber would put it between Chinese retail super giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA), which scored the largest U.S. IPO ever at $21.8 billion in September 2014, and credit card company Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), which raised $17.9 billion in March 2008.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is currently a lowly No. 4 with its $16.0 billion IPO in May 2012.
You can see why people are so eager to get a piece of the Uber IPO.
Not only that, Uber is one of those disrupter companies that changed the face of an entire industry.
And its name is synonymous with its business, the same way you say you’ll “Google” something instead of “web search,” or say “Xerox” instead of “make a facsimile.” Most likely, you also say you’ll “Uber” to the airport or home from the bar, even if it’s through a different service.
With IPOs now more accessible to individual investors, you now have the chance to get in close to the ground floor with this revolutionary company. It is really no more complicated than telling your broker you want in. It’s not a guarantee you will get shares, but that’s the way to do it.
But before you dial up your broker, we have to caution you about why the Uber IPO may not be the cash machine many investors think it will be.
And we won’t leave you hanging either – there are even better IPO opportunities on our radar. In fact, four could happen as early as Jan. 31…
It is great to hear how much Lyft is pulling ahead!