Well, yes, but the acquisition in Sep 2016 (referenced in another reply to this comment) was just over the IPO price: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/08/google-w

Well, yes, but the acquisition in Sep 2016 (referenced in another reply to this comment) was just over the IPO price: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/08/google-will-acquire-apigee-for-625-million/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/08/google-will-acquire-apigee... Facebook had a similar valuation decline, then a bounce back. So those who had faith in the company for another year saw modest gains compared to 1.5 yrs ago at IPO.