Uber IPO: Should you buy stock Day 1 or wait?
Uber’s initial public offering is this week, with its stock hitting the public market Friday. Should you hurry to buy?
A review of big recent tech IPOs in California — including Lyft — suggests there’s often a pattern in the early days of trading. Investors privy to this pattern might have a better chance of buying low and selling high.
For instance, LinkedIn opened at $83 and closed that first day at $94.25. But Day 22 was the best time to buy.
![LinkedIn stock performance](/projects/la-fi-uber-ipo-lyft-stock-buy/static/ipo-intro-chart.png)
![LinkedIn stock performance](/projects/la-fi-uber-ipo-lyft-stock-buy/static/ipo-intro-chart-mobile.png)
How well can you do?
Try to get the best price during the stock's first 60 days.
Lyft has only been trading for 28 days.
Source: FactSet
Credits: Joe Fox, Paresh Dave, Ben Muessig and Jon Schleuss