Rivian in a Downward Spiral

Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) was the largest IPO in 2021. The company is down 69% since it went public. What could be the root cause of its downfall? Monica Savaglia discusses... Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) was the largest IPO in 2021. The company is down 69% since it went public. What could be the root cause of its downfall? Monica Savaglia discusses... [Outsider Club logo] Rivian in a Downward Spiral By Monica Savaglia Written May 14, 2022 Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) was the largest IPO in 2021 — a lot has changed since then. The company is down 69% from its IPO price. Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian was the talk of the town in the early fall of 2021. The company was preparing to go public on November 21. The hype surrounding the company was very real. Rivian set its IPO price at $78 per share and was able to raise nearly $12 billion from its market debut. At that time, the company’s valuation soared to $90 billion. This past Monday, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) reported that it would be selling its eight million Rivian shares. Rivian’s lockup period expired on Sunday, which gives insiders and early investors time to sell their shares. This sell-off hasn’t helped an already beaten-down Rivian. Shares are trading near $24 per share as I write this — a 13% drop from last Friday’s closing price of $28.79. What made this company stand out from the rest of the EV manufacturers was it designed pickup trucks, SUVs, and delivery vans. Rivian has a partnership with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to deliver 100,000 EV delivery vans by 2030. This was one of the selling points for Rivian at the time that it was marketing its public debut to potential investors. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as of December 31, 2021, Amazon owned 17.7% and Ford owned 11.4% of Rivian. The company had lucrative deals and partnerships and is expected to deliver a product to one of the biggest e-commerce companies — Amazon. Not to mention the company was being marketed as being the next Tesla. Back in November, many investors wanted a piece of Rivian, and that was obvious when Rivian’s IPO became the biggest of 2021. The #1 Company to Jump-Start a New Era of Nuclear Power There’s a brand-new type of fuel that’s about to usher in the next generation of nuclear energy... And the demand for it is HUGE. Because an entire fleet of smaller, safer, and cleaner nuclear reactors are coming online right now... And they can’t operate without this specific fuel, which is the only kind potent enough to power our electric grid 24/7... The U.S. government granted one company the ONLY license to produce it here in America... [Read more about the sole U.S. company producing this fuel right now.]( A Bigger Problem for Rivian? Rivian announced its most recent quarterly earnings on May 11, 2022. Its previous quarterly earnings report didn’t meet expectations. The company reported a revenue of $54 million — missing expectations by $6.7 million. Rivian has set the goal to produce 25,000 vehicles in 2022, which could prove to be a challenge for the company. Momentum for Rivian shares didn’t stick around for long. As we’re all aware, 2022 has been a difficult year so far. Market volatility, high inflation, and geopolitical conflicts have affected the markets. Many companies are still being affected by supply chain disruptions and inflation. Supply chain disruptions are expected to continue into the rest of 2022. Rivian might not be the only electric vehicle manufacturer that’ll need to reevaluate production output and 2022 expectations because of these supply chain disruptions which have been causing semiconductor shortages. Semiconductors are the heartbeat of electric vehicles. 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