Post by
laurencelefou on Feb 06, 2021 8:30am
Is Matterport going public?
Could the news of Matterport going public be the reason why UI's stock price jumped?
Although Matterport is a much larger player than UI, investors will be able to compare Matterport's valuation with UI. There is no doubt in my mind, that initially, Matterport's valuation will be much higher than UI. So yesterday, who was buying UI stock?
Perhaps somebody involved in the Matterport merger is of the opinion that UI's valuation will increase after the merger is announced. A knowledgeable investor would think that UI's valuation would align closely with Matterport's and would also speculate that Matterport could purchase UI.
Yesterday more than 2,090,000 shares were traded on the Venture exchange and more than 2,354,000 shares were traded on the OTC markets. Almost all of the trading occurred after 15 : 00. I wish I knew if there were a few larger transactions or many small transactions. The buyers are looking for a profit, maybe they are looking for a short-term gain or a long-term gain. Irregardless, these buyers are speculating that the share price will go higher.
I am hoping that in the next few days, I will be able to go through Matterport's financial statements.
I came across the news story because SYL posted it on the Espace Microcaps blog website.
https://discussion.espacemc.com/t/ui-v-urbanimmersive/503/146
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-05/matterport-is-said-to-be-in-merger-talks-with-gores-spac
Comment by
laurencelefou on Feb 07, 2021 12:11pm
Friday at 14 : 55, there was a spike in the volume of shares traded for Gores Holdings V inc. At 15 : 20, there was a spike in volume for Urbanimmersive (UI) shares traded on the venture exchange and the OTC market (UBMRF). A coincidence?
Comment by
Torontojay on Feb 07, 2021 12:31pm
The mathematical pobability they are unrelated is close to zero in my opinion.
Comment by
THORZEUS2019 on Feb 07, 2021 4:07pm
What does GRSV have in relation to UI???????
Comment by
Baratheon on Feb 08, 2021 6:50am
IMO, Gores a SPAC is acquiring/merging with Matterport (then be public). They may also be looking to acquire UI also now, or sooner or later or someone may compare a public Matterport valuation with UI... https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/matterport-merger-talks-gores-spac-195840244.html