Jawbone: Another Company To Join The 'Junk IPO Parade'?

Global Equities Research's Trip Chowdhry commented on Jawbone's downfall and possible IPO, referencing Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s past "Junk IPO," stating that Jawbone could be just one of the many junk stocks "on parade" that have recently had an IPO.

The comments came after Jawbone considered exiting the wearables business and selling its speaker business.

"Jawbone is another Junk [company] waiting for IPO and fundamental investors should be extremely cautious on Jawbone," Chowdhry stated. The analyst downplayed Fitbit, stating that Jawbone would be "worse" than Fitbit's IPO.

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"The problem is that Jawbone already got all the stupid investors they could ever get [...] none are left now, who are willing to breath the company's exhaust," said Chowdhry. If Jawbone thinks they can get the Public Markets to bail them out, they are wrong, stated the analyst.

'The Junk IPO Parade'

"We have already seen the Junk IPO Parade," the analyst stated, citing the following issues he categorizes as "junk":

• Box Inc (NYSE: BOX)
• Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN)
• Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)
• GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GRPO)
• Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA)
• Fitbit
• Tableau Software Inc (NYSE: DATA)

The analyst believes the "Junk IPO Parade" is far from over and will continue with names such as Cloudera, Pinterest, Palantir and Snapchat.