The Reddit IPO: too good to be true?

Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans
Published in
2 min readApr 2, 2024

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IMAGE: A comic-style illustration featuring a character inspired by the Reddit alien mascot joyfully jumping from the top of a dramatic stock chart, capturing the spirit of adventure against a whimsical financial backdrop

Reddit’s IPO on March 21, with a launch price of $34 (the high end of the range) was apparently a success: they briefly traded amid great euphoria at $50.44, up 48%.

However, things may not be what they seem. Some of us had already warned that Reddit had reached its high water mark, and now analysts such as New Street Research or Hedgeye are striking a note of caution, which coupled with the speed…

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Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans

Professor of Innovation at IE Business School and blogger (in English here and in Spanish at enriquedans.com)