UiPath: debut la NYSE pe 21 aprilie

Data: 22/04/2021

Specializata in robotica, automatizari si inteligenta artificiala. Cea mai importanta si mediatizata companie de tehnologie din Romania s-a listat pe cea mai mare bursa din lume.

• Adica la New York Stock Exchange. Cu simbolul PATH.
• Pretul de listare al actiunilor a fost de 56 USD, rezultand intr-o capitalizare bursiera de 29 miliarde USD (tripla celei estimate in luna iulie a anului trecut). Fondurile atrase prin IPO s-au ridicat la 1.34 miliarde USD.
• UiPath a inchis prima zi de tranzactionare la 69 USD/actiune, marcand astfel o apreciere de 23% fata de pretul de listare si rezultand intr-o capitalizare bursiera de 36 miliarde USD.

Este cel mai mare IPO al unei companii de software dupa Snowflake in luna septembrie a anului trecut. Apropo: IPO-ul Snowflake a fost primul in care a investit Warren Buffett dupa listarea Ford Motor in 1956.

In februarie, UiPath a atras o finantare privata in valoare de 750 milioane USD. In urma acesteia, valoarea de piata a companiei era estimata la 35 miliarde USD.
• Pana in prezent, UiPath a derulat 8 runde de finantare privata totalizand aproape 2 miliarde USD. Desi a fost infiintata in 2005 (cu doar 10 oameni intr-un apartament), compania a inceput sa atraga finantari private abia din 2015.

Avand sediul curent la New York, UiPath are aproape 8 mii de clienti corporativi, numarul acestora dublandu-se in ultimii 2 ani. Inclusiv Adobe, Uber, Autodesk, Applied Materials, Chevron, Chipotle Mexican Grill, CrowdStrike, CVS Health, Toyota si Bank of America.

In cel mai recent an fiscal incheiat pe 31 ianuarie, UiPath a inregistrat venituri de 607 milioane USD (+81% fata de anul fiscal precedent). Pierderea neta s-a redus la 92 milioane USD (vs 520 milioane USD in anul fiscal precedent). Compania a inregistrat in premiera cash-flow pozitiv, alaturi de o marja bruta de 89% (una dintre cele mai mari in sectorul companiilor specializate in software).
• In 2020, UiPath a fost singura companie romaneasca inclusa in topul CNBC Disruptor 50.
• Principalii competitori ai UiPath: Microsoft (via Microsoft Power Automate), Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere si (de putin timp) SAP.

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