Joby Aviation loses altitude after $1 bln stock, convertible deals announced

Joby Aviation

28/01/2026 22:11

** Shares of electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation JOBY.N down 12.3% in extended trading to $11.73 as it seeks capital raise

** Santa Cruz, California-based JOBY announces offerings of convertible bonds (CBs) due 2032 and common stock for anticipated gross proceeds of $1 bln

** Co intends to use net proceeds from concurrent offerings to fund its certification and manufacturing efforts, prepare for commercial operations and for general purposes

** It also plans to use portion of CBs proceeds to fund cost of capped calls, derivative transactions employed to mitigate potential dilution

** Morgan Stanley, Allen & Co and BofA joint bookrunners for stock offering; Goldman Sachs joins same trio as a joint bookrunner for the CBs offering

** JOBY has about $12 bln market cap

** Shares on Weds ended down 0.7% at $13.37. Stock has gained about 60% over the past year

** 2 of 11 analysts rate the stock "buy", 6 rate "hold" and 3 recommend "sell"; median PT $12.50, per LSEG data

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

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