Sept 25 - Shares of former U.S. President Donald Trump's
media company sprang back over 6% on Wednesday, rebounding from
all-time lows after restrictions on insider selling expired last
week.
Two straight days of gains in Trump Media & Technology Group ( DJT )
, which is 57% owned by the Republican presidential
nominee, have lifted it 12%, bringing its market capitalization
to $2.7 billion.
In the two sessions after restrictions on insider selling
lifted at the end of Thursday, shares of Trump Media ( DJT ), which
operates the Truth Social app, tumbled to their lowest since the
company's stock-market debut in March.
The stock was last at $13.64 after trading as high as $14.48
earlier on Wednesday.
Trump, whose stake in Trump Media ( DJT ) is now worth roughly $1.6
billion, said on Sept. 13 he did not plan to sell his shares,
turning the focus to other major stakeholders who could cash
out.
Traders have exchanged an average of $275 million worth of
Trump Media ( DJT ) shares a day since the insider trading restrictions
ended, higher than the average daily turnover of $188 million
for the rest of September, according to LSEG data. No insiders
have filed disclosures of share sales.
Trump Media ( DJT ) saw its value balloon to nearly $10 billion
following its Wall Street debut, lifted by Trump retail traders
who saw it as a speculative bet on his chances of securing a
second four-year term as president in the November elections.
Since then, Trump Media ( DJT ) shares have steadily lost ground,
with share declines accelerating after President Joe Biden
ended his failing reelection bid on July 21.
United Atlantic Ventures and Patrick Orlando, whose fund ARC
Global Investments II sponsored the blank-check company that
merged with Trump Media ( DJT ) in March, together own about 11% of
Trump Media ( DJT ) shares, according to a company filing.
Trump Media ( DJT ) is burning cash and its revenue is equivalent to
two Starbucks coffee shops. Its stock is trading at the
equivalent of almost 700 times its revenue, far exceeding the
valuation of even AI superstar Nvidia ( NVDA ), which recently
traded at 31 times its revenue, according to LSEG data.