HTZ Stock Price: Hertz Global Holdings bankruptcy means new shares could be worthless, according to the firm
- Hertz Global Holdings Inc's shares are falling by around 20%.
- New shares "could be worthless," said the bankrupt firm.
- Concerns about a second coronavirus wave are compounding the losses.
For those that did not understand the meaning of "bankrupt" Hertz Global Holdings Inc – the firm behind the well-known car-renting brand – made it clear.
The firm issued $500 in new shares but added a stark warning, saying the paper could be worthless. The reaction was swift, and NYSE: HTZ is trading at around $2.26, down some 20% on the day and nearly 90% from the high above $20 recorded just before the pandemic gripped the world.
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Coronavirus has hit the firm hard and triggered its Chapter 11 filing. It may now add misery to the stock price. Investors are concerned about a second coronavirus wave and selling shares. Cases in Florida, California, and Texas are on the rise. Hopes that warm weather would kill COVID-19 have been put aside as steaming hot Arizona is also seeing a leap in hospitalizations.
Can Hertz eventually find bargain-seekers? Building confidence in a bankrupt firm was already hard, and halving the amount of share offered the public is not a confidence builder. The spike came amid an announcement of selling up to $1 billion worth of bonds. When the sum was reduced to half of that – the share tumbled as well.
At some point – perhaps at the 52-week low of $0.40 – Hertz would prove an opportunity for those willing to take the risk. The moment has yet to come.
The Florida-based company was founded in 1918 when what is known now as Spanish influenza began ravaging around the war-torn world. Bankruptcy at a time of another pandemic seems poetic, but Hertz may still survive. Time will tell.
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Yohay Elam
FXStreet
Yohay is in Forex since 2008 when he founded Forex Crunch, a blog crafted in his free time that turned into a fully-fledged currency website later sold to Finixio.
