Riverbed Technology Inc.
Riverbed Technology
First day of trading: Sept. 21, 2006
Offering price per share: $9.75
First-day pop: +56.9 percent
All-time high: $29.65, Nov. 10, 2010
$10,000 investment if sold at all-time high*: $36,425 (+264 percent)
$10,000 investment if held one year*: $26,382 (+164 percent)
Riverbed Technology (RVBD) makes products that connect computers in wide-area networks, which can include users in various locations. Following triple-digit sales growth from 2005 to 2007, Riverbed's revenues grew just 18 percent in 2009. Growth has accelerated again in 2010, with sales up 45 percent year-over-year in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
*Investment made five trading days after initial public offering.
Data: Bloomberg Rankings
Offering price per share: $9.75
First-day pop: +56.9 percent
All-time high: $29.65, Nov. 10, 2010
$10,000 investment if sold at all-time high*: $36,425 (+264 percent)
$10,000 investment if held one year*: $26,382 (+164 percent)
Riverbed Technology (RVBD) makes products that connect computers in wide-area networks, which can include users in various locations. Following triple-digit sales growth from 2005 to 2007, Riverbed's revenues grew just 18 percent in 2009. Growth has accelerated again in 2010, with sales up 45 percent year-over-year in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
*Investment made five trading days after initial public offering.
Data: Bloomberg Rankings
