Why Rivian's Stock Is On the Rebound

Harri Weber

Harri is dot.LA's senior finance reporter. She previously worked for Gizmodo, Fast Company, VentureBeat and Flipboard. Find her on Twitter and send tips on L.A. startups and venture capital to harrison@dot.la.

Why Rivian's Stock Is On the Rebound
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Electric truck maker Rivian staged a mini-revival on the stock market Monday, propelled by the news that George Soros’ investment firm had snapped up nearly $2 billion worth of shares in the company late last year.

Rivian shares climbed more than 12% at one point Monday morning, thanks in part to Soros Fund Management’s Friday disclosure that it had poured roughly $2 billion into acquiring 19.8 million shares of the company in the fourth quarter. The stock gave back some of those gains on Monday afternoon but still ended the day’s trading up more than 6%, at $62.65 per share.

The Irvine-based, Amazon-backed Rivian’s blockbuster November IPO briefly made it the world’s third-most valuable automaker, with a market capitalization that exceeded $150 billion at one point. But the electric truck manufacturer’s stock has since wilted dramatically; its losses have outpaced the broader market’s correction, thanks in part to a missed 2021 production goal. Rivian shares are down roughly 40% in 2022 so far and 65% from their November all-time high of almost $180 per share.

As a result, investors like Soros Fund Management have taken a substantial hit. The investment firm paid about $2 billion to acquire its nearly 20 million shares in Rivian—but since then, the value of its stake has reportedly slipped to less than $1.2 billion.

Besides Rivian, other Los Angeles-based electric automakers makers have also struggled on the markets lately. The likes of Fisker, Faraday Future and Xos are presently down about 64%, 77% and 84%, respectively, from their 52-week highs.

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Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

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Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

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“This effort is something that the firm has been really excited about for a long time,” Engagement Manager Elkhyn Rivas Rodriguez said. “There's obviously a meaningful and growing startup community out here and just from a diversity standpoint, LA is incredibly diverse and multi-ethnic and multicultural. So we think that there will be a really great pool of potential companies to partner with.”

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