Why Did SoFi Stock Sale Announcement Cause the Stock Price to Fall?

By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA – Aug 2, 2025 at 9:15AM

NASDAQ: SOFI

SoFi Technologies

Market Cap

$24B

Today's Change

(-6.00%) -$1.35

Current Price

$21.23

Price as of August 1, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET

Investors viewed the stock sale as a negative signal about the company's prospects.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI -6.00%) announced a $1.5 billion stock sale that caused the stock price to fall.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of July 29, 2025. The video was published on July 31, 2025.

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