Fintech Firm GreenSky Explores Possible Sale
06 Août 2019 - 6:19PM
Dow Jones News
By Peter Rudegeair
Online lender GreenSky Inc. said Tuesday that it is exploring a
range of strategic alternatives, a humbling turn for a high-growth
financial-tech company that made a splashy debut on public markets
just over a year ago.
Shares in the Atlanta-based company fell as much as 34% to $6.81
in morning trading following the announcement of a potential sale
or merger in addition to a second-quarter earnings report that
missed analysts' expectations. GreenSky said that profit fell 4% to
$39.2 million, or 19 cents a share, from a year earlier on revenue
of $138.7 million.
GreenSky makes technology that allows Home Depot Inc. and more
than 16,000 merchants to offer consumers loans to fund
home-improvement projects and medical procedures. Unlike
LendingClub Corp. and other online lenders, GreenSky has been
profitable for years and generates the bulk of its revenue from
fees it charges merchants.
Though it positions itself as a technology company, GreenSky
depends on a small number of banks to fund nearly all its loans.
One of those banks, Regions Financial Corp., said during the second
quarter that it wouldn't renew a funding commitment to GreenSky,
spooking investors.
"We believe that the company's current market value does not
reflect the company's intrinsic value," Chairman and CEO David
Zalik said on a conference call with analysts. Valued at more than
$4 billion at its May 2018 public listing, GreenSky shares had
plunged by two-thirds through late morning Tuesday.
GreenSky said it retained FTP Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC as its financial advisers, and Cravath, Swaine &
Moore LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP as its legal advisers.
Other online lenders are also falling out of favor among
investors. Shares in On Deck Capital Inc. fell as much as 23% one
day in late July after the online lender said that JPMorgan Chase
& Co. was winding down a three-year-old small-business lending
partnership.
--Michael Dabaie contributed to this article.
Write to Peter Rudegeair at Peter.Rudegeair@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 06, 2019 12:04 ET (16:04 GMT)
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