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Opendoor Hits New Highs on Leadership Shake-Up and Plan for Nationwide Service

Christy Schwartz will become interim CFO on Sept. 30 as a founder-led reset takes hold.

Overview

  • Shares touched $10.87 this week before closing at $10.21 on Wednesday, extending a roughly 467% year-to-date gain, while slipping about 4% on Friday in lighter trading.
  • Kaz Nejatian, formerly Shopify’s COO, was appointed CEO as co-founders Keith Rabois and Eric Wu rejoined the board on Sept. 10.
  • Management said it will extend Opendoor’s offering across the continental United States in the coming weeks.
  • Coverage tied the latest rally to the Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point rate cut, a tailwind for interest-rate-sensitive housing activity.
  • Commentators flagged heavy retail momentum and “meme stock” dynamics even as reports underscore historically thin margins and a lack of positive trailing-12-month operating income.