Opendoor stock gains another 30% as retail frenzy continues to push shares higher

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) stock continued its meteoric rise on Monday morning, with shares rising as much as 32% in early trading as the meme stock-style rally continues.

The long-beleaguered iBroker platform saw its share price gain 188% last week, bringing the stock from just above $0.50 less than a month ago to now above $2.75. Shares still remain far below their all-time high of $39.24 reached in February 2021.

Powering the stock, in part, has been a public bull case from Carvana (CVNA) turnaround spotter EMJ Capital and a ream of speculative bets posted to the subreddit wallstreetbets, a haven for meme stocks, have both added significant fuel to the fire.

Retail trading activity in the stock has surged in recent weeks, according to data from VandaTrack.

Since going public through a SPAC transaction in December 2020, Opendoor has yet to post a profitable quarter.

But EMJ Capital principal Eric Jackson — who first gained notoriety for being an early believer in turnaround potential at Carvana — predicted in an X thread laying out his bull case on the stock that it would report its first quarter of positive EBITDA in August and that he sees a price target of $82.

The company was served a warning that it faced potential delisting from the Nasdaq in May after trading under $1 for more than 30 days. In June, it settled a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company did not properly disclose its price algorithm’s inability to adapt to changes in the housing market.

As with meme-stock predecessors GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) during their own retail-frenzied runs throughout 2021, short bets on Opendoor had hit a record level, accounting for more than 25% of the company’s float by the end of June.

Jake Conley is a breaking news reporter covering US equities for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on X at @byjakeconley or email him at jake.conley@yahooinc.com.

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