What Caused CPNG's Price Collapse Today?

This evening we watched Coupang drop -5.1% to a price of $16.15 per share. The large-cap Durable Goods company is now trading -24.39% below its average target price of $21.36. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $11.6 to $30.0 per share for Coupang, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.6%, and a short ratio of 1.81. The company's insiders own 0.82% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 80.0% of Coupang's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Coupang

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 SB Investment Advisers (UK) LTD 26% 426,156,413 $6,882,425,907
2023-09-30 Baillie Gifford and Company 7% 119,681,094 $1,932,849,622
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 5% 86,750,630 $1,401,022,641
2023-09-30 Maverick Capital Ltd. 5% 77,057,866 $1,244,484,506
2023-09-30 Capital International Investors 4% 59,748,623 $964,940,238
2023-09-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 53,351,808 $861,631,678
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 2% 34,928,192 $564,090,287
2023-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 29,431,924 $475,325,561
2023-09-30 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2% 28,703,675 $463,564,340
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 2% 27,395,223 $442,432,840

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Coupang.

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