groupon priced its ipo last night at $ 20 a share and started trading this morning around $ 30 .
in its first minutes as a public company , groupon ’s stock soared about 40 % from its $ 20 - a - share ipo price .
that means the stock pop .
there is no way i would own groupon 's stock for the next few quarters at this price , given the business transition groupon is currently undergoing .
groupon has sold only a teeny slice of the company 's fundamentals .
read more about the groupon ipo : * meet the groupon ipo price .
at ~$30 a share , groupon 's valuation is about $ 20 billion .
 
and groupon ’s market value is $ 16.5 billion , or ~$12 a share .