Klarna pops on NYSE debut
Wall Street Breakfast
Seeking Alpha
4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Chewy tumbles on profit drop
Wells Fargo sees S&P 7,200
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Lunch, our afternoon update on today's market action, news, and analysis. |
| 0:09.7 | Good afternoon. Today is Wednesday, September 10th, and I'm your host, Kim Khan. |
| 0:13.9 | Our top story so far, Plarner Group's stock opened $52 on its debut on the NYSC today, more than 30% above its public offering price. |
| 0:22.4 | Shares are trading under the ticker symbol K-L-A-R. |
| 0:25.0 | The Swedish buy-now pay-later financing firm raised $1.37 billion on Tuesday, |
| 0:29.7 | pricing its IPO at $40 a share, above the expected range of $35 to $37 each on strong |
| 0:35.2 | demand from institutional investors. |
| 0:36.9 | That valued the company at about $15.1 billion, well below Klarna's peak valuation of more |
| 0:42.1 | than $45 billion back in 2021, when the BNPL service soared in its popularity during the pandemic. |
| 0:48.2 | Seeking off analyst, David Traynor said the valuation around $15 billion is far too expensive, |
| 0:53.3 | as it implies that Klarna will grow revenue |
| 0:55.2 | at a 24% compounded annual growth rate, while also significantly improving margins through |
| 1:00.4 | 2032, an unlikely feat. Major red flags include internal control issues, minimal voting rights |
| 1:06.1 | for new shareholders, and reduced disclosure requirements as a foreign issuer, he said. Among |
| 1:10.8 | other active stocks, Chiwi's tumbling as better than expected second quarter sales, coupled |
| 1:15.0 | with lifted guidance for the year, was overshadowed by a lackluster bottom line that included |
| 1:19.5 | a sizable drop in unadjusted earnings. |
| 1:21.9 | On a gap basis to account for a $79.1 million compensation and tax-related expense, |
| 1:27.2 | Chewy's profit dropped 80% from a year ago |
| 1:29.3 | to just 14 cents per share. Synopsis is the biggest S&P decliner after weaker fiscal Q3 |
| 1:34.8 | results and Outlook, Baird analyst Joe Vruink said, high expectations around ANIS and design |
| 1:40.3 | automation fundamentals are being countered by material changes in design IP outlook, |
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