StubHub (STUB) stock starts trading on NYSE, opens at $25.35

Stubhub Stocks opened for $ 25.35 Following the pricing of the online ticket seller in the middle of the expected range of public offering, he was on his first debut on Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange.

Pricing Late on Tuesday It has collected $ 800 million for the company at $ 23.50 per share and is currently traded under the symbol of “deviation”.

Stubhub’s long -awaited public offering comes after the company’s plans in April, when President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs sent the stock exchange to a tail point. In July 2024, market volatility forced Stubhub to temporarily reduce public offering plans to the shelf.

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Stubhub has passed a series of operations in its 25 -year history to reach this point. Purchased by ebay In 2007, $ 310 million, but in 2020, the founding partner Eric Baker was re -won for about $ 4 billion in exchange for $ 4 billion through his new company Viagogo.

Stubhub benefited from the resurrection in the live events market in the years following Covid locks. Sales also exploded from large popular shows such as Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour and sports activities such as Super Bowl.

The company said Updated prospectus Last month, such events were filed that Stubhub’s revenues can make it difficult to predict.

In the first quarter, Stubhub reported a 10% revenue increase compared to the previous year. The net damage rose from $ 29.7 million to $ 35.9 million a year ago. Representing the total dollar value paid by ticket buyers, gross goods sales reached $ 2.08 billion in three months, which ended on March 31st.

Stubhub first earns income from connecting buyers with ticket sellers. In August, the company said that more than 40 million tickets were sold in Stubhub’s market from about one million vendors last year.

Compete with Live seats– publicly announced Seatgeek and Ticketmaster Parent through a special purpose purchasing company in 2021 Live Nation Entertainment.

The Federal Trade Commission is developed that Ticket is not made enough to prevent automatic boots from surviving per capita boundaries for popular activities. Bloomberg On Monday, he reported that he referred to people familiar with the issue.

FTC sent in May A warning letter Saying that he should follow Stubhub, the agency “Trivial Fees” Rule And claiming some ticket lists could not show the total price, including all compulsory fees and fees.

Madrone Partners is the largest investor in Stubhub with the property of 24.5% of class A shares before the proposal. Westcap watched the second as 12.3%, then Bessemer Venture Partners with 8.8%.

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