Workhorse W-15 Electrical Pickup Truck.
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Shares of Workhorse Group dropped greater than 50% at one level on Tuesday after the corporate was handed over for a key contract from the U.S. Postal Service.
Amid heightened volatility, the inventory was halted a number of occasions over the last half hour of buying and selling, earlier than in the end ending the session with a 47.5% loss.
The U.S. Postal Service awarded the primary a part of the 10-year, multi-billion greenback contract for modernization of the postal supply automobile fleet to Oshkosh Protection. The preliminary funding shall be $482 million.
Workhorse makes electrical automobiles targeted on last-mile supply. The corporate at present has partnerships with UPS and FedEx Specific, amongst others.
The U.S. Postal Service contract award resolution was drawn out over a number of years after a sequence of delays. The contract was seen by the Road as an upside catalyst for pre-revenue Workhorse Group.
In a latest be aware to purchasers, BTIG mentioned that Workhorse securing a portion of the USPS contract was a part of the agency’s base case situation. The agency has a purchase score on the inventory.
Regardless of the inventory virtually getting minimize in half on Tuesday, shares are nonetheless up 347% over the past yr.
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