ADT Stock Drops 50% Since IPO

Author: John Honovich, Published on May 17, 2018

It has been a brutal 4 months for ADT.

They first expected to IPO at ~$18.

They IPOed at $14, dropping immediately to $12.39

And now, not even 4 months later, the stock is at just $7 per share. Big picture, they went from an expected market value of $14 billion down to just ~$5.4 billion now.

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Is this a great buying opportunity or the beginning of the end for ADT?

RMR Impact Bad

Alarm monitoring companies like ADT have historically revealed in their financial power and sky-high valuations. No more for ADT.

In 2016, the industry cheered the deal:

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Comments (24)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

05/17/18 01:29pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

05/17/18 01:50pm

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Art Stout

05/17/18 03:08pm

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Larry Tracy

05/18/18 02:32am

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Undisclosed Distributor #3

05/18/18 01:08pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Distributor #3 | 05/18/18 01:13pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #3

In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/18 01:30pm

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Larry Tracy

In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/18 03:27pm

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/18 04:36pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Lee Jones | 05/18/18 07:11pm

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/18 08:25pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to Undisclosed Distributor #3 | 05/18/18 01:15pm

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David Morgan

Security Dealer Marketing | 05/20/18 06:48am

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Larry Tracy

05/20/18 06:57am

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David Morgan

Security Dealer Marketing | In reply to Larry Tracy | 05/20/18 07:03am

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Larry Tracy

05/20/18 07:18am

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Undisclosed #4

05/21/18 09:08pm

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Undisclosed #5

In reply to Undisclosed #4 | 05/21/18 11:31pm

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Larry Tracy

05/22/18 05:16am

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to Larry Tracy | 05/22/18 04:13pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | 05/30/18 11:18am

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to John Honovich | 05/30/18 08:41pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Lee Jones | 06/04/18 09:06pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #3

In reply to John Honovich | 06/04/18 09:27pm

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