Carl Icahn perde quase US$ 2 bilhões depois que o preço das ações da empresa despencou 25%
Shares of Icahn Enterprises plunged 25% Friday morning after Carl Icahn‘s firm cut its quarterly distribution in half, leading to a $1.7 billion drop in the 87-year-old billionaire’s net worth—months after infamous short-seller Hindenburg accused the company of “ponzi-like” behavior. Carl Icahn attends the New York City Police Foundations 32nd Annual Gala at Waldorf=Astoria on Patrick McMullan via Getty Images principais fatos The company was trading at $24.50 a share as of 11:35 a.m. Friday, down from $32.68 when the market closed Thursday, representing a nearly 53% drop since the start of the year. In its first reduction since 2011, Icahn Enterprises cut its quarterly dividend from $2 to $1 Friday, and its namesake founder published a letter saying the firm would refocus on corporate activism, which built Ichans fortune in the first place. The $1 dividend represents a 12% annualized yield, the company noted. The holding company also reported a net loss of $269 million between April and June on Friday, up from $128 million in losses over the same period last year. The sharp losses in the companys share price come after Hindenburg Research, led by Nathan Anderson, took a public short position in May, alleging Icahn Enterprises was “significantly overvalued” and propped up by