Apr 14, 2019
You’ve probably heard about the so called “Unicorn” IPOs or Initial Public Offerings on CNBC. With Lyft already public and Uber, Pinterest, Air B&B, and more on the way, everyone will finally get a glimpse of the financials for all these names. Do they make money? How much or if they lose money, how big is the loss? For those looking forward to finally getting a look inside these companies it can be like Christmas morning. We’ll review what information is disclosed and then compare Amazon and Pets.com S-1 information from back in the late nineties.
- • What is an S-1 filing by a company slated to do an IPO
- • What type of information can be gleamed from a firms S-1
- • Reviewing Risk Factors, Use of Proceeds, Revenue, Earnings, and Balance Sheet date.
- • Using Lyft’s S-1 to review various financial metrics
- • Remember the sock puppet Pets.com from the Dot.com era? A look back at their interesting risk factors from S-1
- • What were some risk factors from Amazon’s initial public offering S-1 document?
- • When will Uber’s financials via their own S-1 be available?
Mentioned in this Episode:
Uber’s S-1 Financials https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1543151/000119312519103850/d647752ds1.htm
Lyft S-1 Document https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312519059849/d633517ds1.htm#toc633517_7
Pets.com S-1 IPO document https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=1440847
Amazon S-1 IPO document https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=1249014