** Shares of electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation JOBY.N down 10.4% premarket to $16.95 after overnight follow-on priced
** Santa Cruz, California-based JOBY late Tues sold 30.5 mln shares at $16.85 for about $513.9 mln gross proceeds
** Offering priced at 10.9% discount to stock's last sale
** Co intends to use net offering proceeds to fund certification and manufacturing efforts, commercial operations preparations, and for working capital and other general purposes
** With ~855.98 mln shares outstanding, co has about $16.2 bln market cap
** Morgan Stanley sole bookrunner for offering
** Through Tues close, shares up ~133% YTD
** Of 9 analysts covering JOBY, 1 rates "buy", 6 rate "hold" while 2 recommend "sell"; median PT is $7, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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