5 Highly Anticipated Tech IPOs to Watch in 2019
2019 could be a big year for IPOs, including multi-billion dollar tech companies. Pinterest is the latest to announce its plans to IPO. Here are some of the most highly anticipated tech IPOs to watch next year.
2019 us shaping up to be a big year for IPOs - especially tech IPOS. Pinterest announced its plans to IPO on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. It's just the latest in a string of IPO announcements. Click here to read about Pinterest.
Others to keep an eye on? Here are a few:
- Uber's public offering, planned for early 2019, may be the largest IPO ever. At a recent private valuation of $120 billion, according to a recent report, an Uber IPO at that level would make it the largest one in history. Read Jim Cramer: Why Uber and Lyft IPOs Are Bad for the Market.
- Uber's smaller rival, Lyft, could go public around the same time and is worth $15 billion. Read Jim Cramer's Thoughts on Lyft's IPO.
- Outside of ride hailing, the data collection and synthesis firm Palantir is reportedly aiming for an IPO in the back half of 2019, and has been valued privately at $41 billion.
- Pinterest and Slack and also aiming to go public sometime in 2019, and have been valued at $12.3 billion and $7.1 billion respectively. Read more about tech IPOs in the pipeline, TheStreet's Annie Gaus digs deeper into 2019 IPOs here.
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(Editor's Pick. Originally published Dec. 24.)