HashiCorp on the Nasdaq market website, December 9, 2021.
Supply: Nasdaq
HashiCorp shares jumped 12% in prolonged buying and selling on Friday after Bloomberg reported that the software program developer was contemplating a sale.
The corporate has engaged an out of doors agency to see about curiosity from potential patrons, Bloomberg mentioned, citing unnamed sources. An organization consultant did not instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
HashiCorp, whose software program helps builders management assets in public clouds and knowledge facilities, debuted on the Nasdaq in late 2021, proper on the peak of the tech market. The inventory dropped 14% final yr whereas the S&P 500 posted a 24% achieve.
As of Friday’s shut, HashiCorp was buying and selling at $26.50, or 67% under its IPO worth. Its market cap sits at round $5 billion. Within the newest quarter, income progress slowed to fifteen% from 41% a yr earlier.
“We’re behind the place we needed the corporate to be at this level in our progress cycle, and we have now work to do,” CEO David McJannet mentioned on a convention name with analysts final week.
In December, HashiCorp co-founder and
Mitchell Hashimoto, a co-founder and former know-how chief of HashiCorp, mentioned in December that he was leaving the corporate.
Learn Bloomberg’s full report right here.
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