Truth Social loses $4 billion in value in one week
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Trump's Truth Social loses $4 billion in value in one week, while revealing wider loss
The plunge in Trump Media & Technology Group's shares, which debuted on the Nasdaq Composite Index on March 25 under the ticker "DJT" (after the former president's initials), comes as it disclosed mounting losses in a regulatory filing. The company also noted that its accountant had issued a warning that its losses "raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern."
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, whose primary asset is the Truth Social platform, tumbled $13.30, or 21%, to $48.66 on Monday. That's below its opening price last Monday of $49.90 per share, and represents a 39% plunge from the stock's high of $79.38 on March 26.
Still, the stock remains higher than before a deal that took Trump's media company public last week. The shares had previously traded under the name Digital World Acquisition Corp., a shell company designed to take Truth Social public. Even after Monday's dip, the stock has surged 178% this year.
Trump, who owns 57% of the newly public company, has lost $2.5 billion — at least on paper — because of the stock slide. His stake is now worth $3.8 billion, down from $6.3 billion at the stock's peak last week
Former President Donald Trump's fledgling media business is losing its sheen among investors a week after going public, with a sharp reversal in the company's stock price lopping $4 billion off its value.
The plunge in Trump Media & Technology Group's shares, which debuted on the Nasdaq Composite Index on March 25 under the ticker "DJT" (after the former president's initials), comes as it disclosed mounting losses in a regulatory filing. The company also noted that its accountant had issued a warning that its losses "raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern."
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, whose primary asset is the Truth Social platform, tumbled $13.30, or 21%, to $48.66 on Monday. That's below its opening price last Monday of $49.90 per share, and represents a 39% plunge from the stock's high of $79.38 on March 26.
Still, the stock remains higher than before a deal that took Trump's media company public last week. The shares had previously traded under the name Digital World Acquisition Corp., a shell company designed to take Truth Social public. Even after Monday's dip, the stock has surged 178% this year.
Trump, who owns 57% of the newly public company, has lost $2.5 billion — at least on paper — because of the stock slide. His stake is now worth $3.8 billion, down from $6.3 billion at the stock's peak last week.
Trump Media & Technology Group on Monday disclosed more details about its finances. The company booked $4.1 million in revenue last year, compared with $1.5 million in the year-earlier period. It also posted a loss of $58 million in 2023, compared with a profit of $50 million in the prior year.
Additionally, it noted that its accountant flagged that the company's losses raise doubts about its ability to continue operating. Such a warning, however, reflects the company's current situation; the company could grow its user base, revenue and reverse its losses, putting it on a more stable path.
Trump's stake locked up
Trump stands to make billions from his majority stake in Truth Social's parent company, a windfall that comes at an opportune time for the former president given mounting financial pressures.
Even so, Trump is unable to access the stock, at least for now. That's because Trump and other company executives are subject to a so-called "lock-up" provision that bars them from selling the stock for at least six months. Such provisions are common in IPOs as a way to keep insiders from dumping shares immediately after a company goes public.
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It was never worth s**t. The entire thing is pump and dump scam to rip off morons. A couple of the founders have already plead guilty to insider trading.
I don't think he can claim a tax loss because he didn't Pay Billions for his shares and then have them plummet. But I'm not sure how US tax laws work if someone assigns a pie in the sky BS value to a stock that they give someone as compensation and then it tanks.
The whole thing isn't worth a n y money. It lost $58M last year. No business that loses $58M/year is worth Billions. It's all just to scam more money from trump's cult members who will go all in buying whatever he tells them to buy.. useless NFT's, bibles he endorses, shares in his next scam company.. he's just parting fools from their money IF he can get them to hand it over.
If only we'd have known this meme stock would tank so fast we could have shorted it. Oh well.
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