SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Uber Technologies Inc. – UBER
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 7, 2019 / Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Uber Technologies Inc. ("Uber" or the "Company") (NYSE:UBER). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980.
The investigation concerns whether Uber and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On or about May 10, 2019, Uber conducted an initial public offering ("IPO") through which the Company offered 180 million shares to the public at a price of $45.00 per share.
In July 2019, Uber announced the termination of one third of its global marketing workforce.
On this news, Uber's stock price fell $3.54 per share, or 8.31%, between July 30 and August 5, 2019, closing at $39.05 per share.
Then, in August 2019, Uber announced severely negative second quarter 2019 financial and operating results, including revenues of only $3.16 billion and losses of $5.2 billion. The Company also revealed that its ridesharing revenue growth had slumped to only 2% and that it sales and marketing expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 had spiked by 70.9% and 62.5%, respectively.
On this news, Uber's stock price fell another $5.97 per share, or 13.89%, between August 8 and August 12, 2019, closing at $37.00 per share.
Since the IPO, Uber's stock price has closed as low as $29.00 per share, representing a decline of 35.56% from the IPO price.
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SOURCE: Pomerantz LLP
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