Surprise Loss Batters IEP Stock After Short Report

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  • Icahn Enterprises (IEP) stock is falling on a surprise loss.
  • The company’s EPS of -75 cents missed Wall Street’s estimate of 19 cents per share.
  • This follows a short report from Hindenburg Research.
IEP Stock - Surprise Loss Batters IEP Stock After Short Report

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Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP) stock is falling on Wednesday after the company surprised investors with a loss in the first quarter of 2023.

The company belonging to investor Carl Icahn reported a net loss of $270 million, or 75 cents per share, for the first quarter of the year. That’s well below Wall Street’s earnings per share estimate of 19 cents per share. It’s also a drop from its net income of $323 million, or $1.06 per share, reported in the same period of the year prior.

On the flip side of that, Icahn Enterprises did report revenue of $2.76 billion. That’s better than the $2.56 billion that analysts we’re expecting for the quarter even if it’s a drop from the $2.97 billion reported in Q1 2022.

IEP Stock Short Report

Investors will remember that Hindenburg Research just hit Icahn Enterprises with a short report earlier this week. The research firm claimed that shares of IEP stock are inflated by more than 75%.

Here’s what Hindenburg Research said about Icahn Enterprises in its short report:

“In brief, Icahn has been using money taken in from new investors to pay out dividends to old investors. Such ponzi-like economic structures are sustainable only to the extent that new money is willing to risk being the last one ‘holding the bag.’”

Today’s news has some 3 million shares of IEP stock changing hands as of this writing. That’s already well above its daily average trading volume of about 1.5 million shares. With it comes a 13.7% drop for IEP on Wednesday morning.

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On the date of publication, William White did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.


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