Square stock drops 10%, is now less than IPO price

Post by Retric » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 5:45 PM UTC

gtrubetskoy wrote: post #13

All the food trucks, street and market vendors, estate and yard sales, handymen, etc I see accept credit cards using Square. If they figure out how to hang on to this market and grow as these little vendors grow then they're in good shape. Being down 10% when the Dow is down 400+ points for days on is not unusual. The big question is - who is Square competing with.

Post by strictnein » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 5:48 PM UTC

marrone12 wrote: post #20

gtrubetskoy wrote: post #13

All the food trucks, street and market vendors, estate and yard sales, handymen, etc I see accept credit cards using Square. If they figure out how to hang on to this market and grow as these little vendors grow then they're in good shape. Being down 10% when the Dow is down 400+ points for days on is not unusual. The big question is - who is Square competing with.

The big competitors are Shopkeep and Revel. However, neither of them are public and likely aren't going to soon given the state of the industry.

Post by ZanyProgrammer » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

dantillberg wrote: post #15

atom_enger wrote: post #11

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Interesting that a drop in oil price would correlate. Why is this and how does it impact a completely unrelated industry?

I'm not an economist, but my understanding is that the price of oil does not directly impact the valuation of these companies, per se, but that growth-oriented companies (especially) and oil sales depend on a strong global economy. When the price of oil falls, that indicates that people are pulling back on oil/gas/etc purchases due to constrained budgets, reduced business/operations, etc. (and/or that people buying t…

Post by pyrrhotech » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

boomzilla wrote: post #19

dantillberg wrote: post #7

Well, the NASDAQ[0] and DJIA[1] are both off 3% for the day right now, along with every other index around the world. Or, to talk about price movements that are probably a bit more noteworthy, crude oil futures on NYMEX[2] are down ~7%. It's been kind of a (minor) bloodbath so far in the markets today. So, a 10% drop for a young, growth-oriented company is not terribly surprising on a day like today, I'd think. 0: ht…

Well, for some people, myself included, the not-going-so-well recent IPOs (Square, Box, etc.) would help deflate the pressure on housing prices in SF/BA. I feel for the workers at these company, but it's becoming impossible to raise a family here when the rent/mortgage is creeping up to more than half of most people's salary.

Post by brainflake » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 5:56 PM UTC

atom_enger wrote: post #11

mdjt wrote: post #9

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I don't think Square was overvalued at IPO. As for today's drop: the fall in oil has hit everyone, unfortunately Square's fall of around 8% is worse than most. For Example today AMZN saw a drop of around 4% and TSLA is down 5.5%. Don't be wary ;)

Interesting that a drop in oil price would correlate. Why is this and how does it impact a completely unrelated industry?