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Auto Trader - Largest online market place for cars enjoys strong debut

June 2015

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • AUTO
  • Price:
  • 295.5p
One of the greatest investment success stories has been Rightmove, the UK’s largest online property portal, whose shares have risen from £4 to an incredible £32 since 2006 as investors noted the huge pent up advertising demand from estate agents who saw it as a highly efficient means to reach their target audience of buyers and renters. Another company that has done something similar in the world of car dealing is Auto Trader, which owns the UK’s largest online automotive marketplace, autotrader.co.uk. The shares, which were introduced to the main market by Deutsche Bank on 24 March at 235p, in a placing that raised £926m for selling shareholders (private equity group, BC Partners) and £437m for the co ...

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