Expected to raise some $16 billion, it's the largest Internet IPO in the U.S. and the third largest IPO ever — behindVisain 2008 and Italian utility firm Enel SPA in 1999. Some 421 million shares of Facebook were offered at the opening.
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Twenty-eight-year-old CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the Nasdaq opening bell remotely from Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on Friday. He's got a lot to ring in: His reported take from the IPO is said to be some $19.1 billion.
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Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years: Analyst Monday, 4 Jun 2012 | 11:50 AM ET. Facebook will lose dominance as a major web company in less than a decade, Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital said Monday on CNBC's Squawk on the Street. Facebook IPO Bad Sign for Others: Banker Friday, 1 Jun 2012 | 8:12 AM ET.
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Facebook, the internet's top social network and the first U.S. company to start with a market capitalization of more than $100 billion at its initial public offering (IPO) last month, turned into a disappointment later as its stock price fell and one banker said this is a bad sign for other IPOs.
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As of July 24, 2015, shares of Facebook Incorporated closed at $96.95. In three years’ time, you would have a return on investment of 155.13%, or ($96.95 * 26 shares - $38 * 26 shares) / ($38 * 26 shares). As of July 24, 2015, that investment would be worth $2,520.70, or $96.95 * 26 shares. However, Facebook did not staircase higher. Rather, the stock fell over $20 from the IPO price to $17.55 per share on Sept. 4, 2012. At this low, your return on investment would have been -53.82%, or ($17.55 * 26 shares) - ($38 * 26 shares) / ($38 * 26 shares).
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Some dates mentioned for the IPO were in late May or early June. The reason there could have been delays for the IPO was because of Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram and its deal with Microsoft.
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For its part, Facebook said in its IPO documents last month that it expected the deal to close in the second quarter. For the record, Facebook filed for its IPO on Feb. 1, 2012. The company sent an amended IPO filing to the SEC on May 3.
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If the miserable Facebook IPO has kept you out of the stock market, Knight Capital CEO Tom Joyce says, you'll be sorry. Why I’ve Finally Bought Facebook: Investor Thursday, 7 Jun 2012 | 12:45 PM ET. I did something Wednesday that I didn’t think I was ever going to be able to do.
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Facebook generated $1.06 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2012, according to an updated filing for the social network's IPO. (The updated filing is part of the IPO process when a company goes public.) That $1 billion is up from $731 million a year earlier.
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You would have 82 shares of Facebook and brought down your average price of $38 per share to only $24.16 per share, or ($38 * 26 shares) + ($17.73 * 56 shares) / (26 shares + 56 shares). After 2012, Facebook traded sideways and never traded above its IPO price until July 31, 2013.
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what year did facebook ipo
The social networking company Facebook held its initial public offering  termed as IPO on Friday, May 18, 2012.  Facebook held IPO in 2012.