Tufin Software Technologies Ltd. (TUFN) Accused of Inflating its IPO Price
According to the complaint for alleged violations of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933 pursuant to the Company’s April 2019 initial public offering (“IPO”), Tufin Software Technologies Ltd. (TUFN) held its IPO on April 11, 2019, offering its stock at $14.00 per share and raising approximately $107.8 million in capital. In Tufin’s offering documents, the Company lauded increased revenues from the Americas of $48.27 million for 2018, primarily in the United States, and touted strong customer relationships and technology products as part of its growth strategy, which it claimed would continue to enable growth opportunity with global 2000 customers. Then, on January 9, 2020, Tufin lowered its expected total revenue to the range of $29.5 million to $30.1 million, compared to its previous guidance of total revenue in the range of $34.0 million to $38.0 million. Tufin also revealed anticipated non-GAAP operating loss in the range of $1.1 million to $2.6 million compared to its previous guidance of non-GAAP operating profit of up to $3 million, citing Tufin’s inability to close a number of transactions, primarily in North America. Tufin’s stock currently trades at around $8, representing a decline of almost 43% from its IPO price.
