** Shares of online personal finance co SoFi Technologies SOFI.O down 7.8% premarket to $20.65 after overnight follow-on priced
** San Francisco-based SOFI late Tues announced ~71.9 mln shares at $20.85 for $1.5 bln gross raise
** Offering priced at 6.9% discount to stock's last sale
** SOFI plans to use net proceeds for general purposes, "including working capital and other business opportunities," per a statement
** Goldman Sachs and Mizuho are underwriters for the offering
** SOFI shares on Tues finished up 6.6% after it posted Q2 beat as fee-based rev grew 72% y/y, and co hiked its annual forecasts
** With ~1.11 bln shares outstanding, SOFI has ~$24.8 bln market cap
** Shares up 45% YTD through Tues close
** Of 21 analysts covering SOFI, recommendation breakdown is 7 "strong buy" or "buy", 10 "hold" and 4 "sell" or "strong sell" and median PT is $18, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))