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Yes, the company can do a secondary offering after its IPO, and it's pretty common. I think the hype around the IPO will help them do a secondary next year, so
by pavlov 6y ago
Yes, the company can do a secondary offering after its IPO, and it's pretty common. I think the hype around the IPO will help them do a secondary next year, so in that sense the low initial price is like a marketing tool for future stock.
Also, Airbnb (like other tech companies) is issuing quite a lot of new stock in the form of RSUs used to pay employees. This constant dilution benefits from the high stock price.
- jartelt 6y agoYou don't leave billions on the table to generate hype. You could just as easily raise the extra billions in the IPO and then spend $100 million in ads to generate hype (and it would be much cheaper).