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Coinbase Slumps as Goldman Cuts to Sell After 75% Drop This Year

2022.06.27 16:46

Coinbase Slumps as Goldman Cuts to Sell After 75% Drop This Year
Coinbase Slumps as Goldman Cuts to Sell After 75% Drop This Year

(Budrigannews) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc analysts downgraded Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) to a sell rating as the crypto winter continues to take its toll on the struggling digital currency exchange.

Shares of the firm slumped as much as 5.9% to $59 in premarket trading Monday, putting them on track to extend their 75% decline this year with Bitcoin now at less than half its value from just six months ago. Goldman analyst William Nance cited the “continued downdraft in crypto prices” and the broader drop in activity levels across the industry.

“We believe Coinbase will need to make substantial reductions in its cost base in order to stem the resulting cash burn as retail trading activity dries up,” Nance wrote in a note on Monday.

Coinbase quickly became the equities market poster child for the boom in digital currency prices last year with the largest US cryptocurrency exchange seeing its value surge above $75 billion as Bitcoin hit a record high. Since then, the company has been dogged by a laundry list of issues including declining revenues and trading volumes as the broader crypto market endures one of its worst selloffs in history. 

As of Friday’s close, the company is valued at less than $14 billion. Coinbase has 20 buy ratings, 6 holds and 5 sell recommendations, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The average analyst share-price target sits at about $117, its lowest level on record.

Read more: Crypto Stocks Show Why They’re Among the Riskiest of Risk Assets

Increased competition from other firms has also weighed on the stock. Earlier this month, Binance.US revealed that it would be offering zero-fee trading for Bitcoin and said it had plans to also eliminate fees on other tokens in the future. Coinbase also announced this month that it would be laying off 18% of its workforce as it attempts to reel in operating expenses that ballooned to a record $1.7 billion in the first quarter.

“Coinbase faces a difficult choice between shareholder dilution and significant reductions in effective employee compensation, which could impact talent retention,” Nance said.

 

Coinbase Slumps as Goldman Cuts to Sell After 75% Drop This Year

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