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Donald Trump media firm rockets on market debut

Published 2024-03-27, 07:35 a/m
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Proactive Investors - Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT) (TMTG), the owner of Truth Social, has continued to rocket 11% in aftermarket trading, a day after it debuted in one of the most high-profile SPAC deals in recent times.

Donald Trump’s media group merged with Digital World Acquisition Group and began trading on Tuesday, having soared more than 74% before the session even began.

Shares hit a peak of US$74.75 before slipping back to US$57.99.

However, in premarket trading, TMTG is up 11%, positioned to open at around US$64.

TMTG’s listing provided more than a US$200 million cash injection into the company, lifting it to a peak market capitalisation of US$9 billion.

Donald Trump’s 60% is believed to be worth more than US$4 billion.

However, analysts aren’t all convinced of the financial prowess of the stock.

Truth Social, the Twitter alternative created by Trump, posted a loss of around US$50 million in the first nine months of 2023, having generated revenues of only US$3.3 million.

Some 8.9 million users have signed up to the platform since it was created in 2022.

In comparison, Reddit, which listed last week and has a valuation of US$11 billion, boasts over 70 million users and generated US$800 million in revenues in 2023.

Julian Klymochko, CEO at Accelerate Financial Technologies, said: “The underlying business fundamentals will matter at some point. The stock can defy gravity for only so long.

“DJT is the mother of all meme stocks.”

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