Tag: Plus500 valuation

April 16, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

JP Morgan keeps buying and hits 10% holding in Plus500

Buy, buy, buy! JP Morgan crosses 10% ownership stake in Plus500 In continued bullish fervor, JP Morgan crossed over 10% in ownership stake of Plus500 (LON:PLUS). Just last Friday, JPMorgan had increased its interest in Plus500 to 6.8%. Also, reported several weeks ago JPMorgan had hit a 4% holding in Plus500. Does the steady pace…

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April 02, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 reports record March-quarter revenues - up 207%

Increase of 207% in revenues to $60.7m in Q1 2014 up from Q1 2013 at $19.7M Plus500’s March-quarter revenues were up 207% to $60.7M, while its number of new customers gained 63% to 20,124. Its number of active customers increased 48% to 50,438. March-quarter revenues in 2013 came in at $19.7M, and in 2013 they…

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February 27, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 hits its target – $1 billion valuation

Insiders to sell $170M of Plus500 shares. IPO benefits: higher volumes, but also lower client acquisition costs. When we wrote back in December that Plus500 (LON:PLUS) CEO Gal Haber was targeting a billion dollar valuation for his newly public company, we did so with a certain amount of skepticism. After all, industry leader FXCM's valuation…

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December 06, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 targets $1 billion valuation

Plus500 CEO Gal Haber hits the $500 million milestone, as Plus500 continues focus on the UK market. Had we mentioned to any of our readers six months ago that CFD broker Plus500 was really worth $1 billion, we likely would have been laughed at. Well, it doesn't seem like a joke any more. With its…

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November 22, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 up 17%, Gain Capital down 17% Thursday – WTF?

The stock market likes exceeding expectations. It does not like convertible bonds. Most of us in and connected to the forex industry understand that we are all together in one big boat. Rising industry volumes generally mean good times for (most) everyone, while slow volumes hurt (nearly) everyone. There are always the haves and have-nots,…

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November 20, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 shares rise 22% as revenues above expectations

Shares of the company are now trading up by more than 75% since its IPO in July CFD broker Plus500 (LON:PLUS) is seeing its shares rise more than 16% in today’s trading after issuing a trading update which states that activity at the brokerage had remained high after the 17th of October, when it announced…

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