{"id":10329,"date":"2021-12-14T12:57:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robomarkets.com\/blog\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:54:26","slug":"ipo-of-samsara-inc-industrial-internet-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robomarkets.com.cy\/blog\/stock-market\/ipo-of-samsara-inc-industrial-internet-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"IPO of Samsara Inc.: Industrial Internet of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a long time since “analogue” companies started to transfer their business processes into a virtual world to increase efficiency and reduce expenses. Such activities can be considered a part of the global business digitalization, which became extremely crucial after the COVID-19 pandemic started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, services and solutions offered by cloud platform developers that help to create the Internet of Things have become very popular. This industry has been rapidly growing for the past 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Samsara Inc., the developer of the Internet of Things solutions and equipment, is going to have an IPO <\/a>at the NYSE on 15 December 2021. Its shares<\/a> will start trading<\/a> the next day (the “IOT” ticker symbol).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we’ll talk about the company’s business and discuss whether its shares may be interesting for investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span><\/a>Business of Samsara Inc.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company was founded in 2015 by two former MIT graduates Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket. By that time, they had already sold their startup called Meraki to Cisco<\/a>. Biswas is currently the CEO at Samsara Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samsara Inc. employs about 1,500 people, and half of them are in the sales department. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California; its major investors are Tiger Global Management, Raison Asset Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stages of Samsara Inc. development<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Samsara Inc. is the global leader in the industrial Internet of Things. The company supplies a wide range of sensors that help its clients to track, for example, fuel consumption, speed rate, wearing of the equipment, or vehicular traffic routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summing up the company’s product package<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Based on this data, Samsara generates analytical reports, which are used by its clients to make management decisions. The company’s platform has an open-source code and can be quickly integrated into third parties’ software. As of now, the platform has been built into 125 applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key financial indicators of Samsara Inc.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The company’s products are subscription-based (monthly, quarterly, yearly). As of the IPO<\/a> date, Samsara had over 13,000 clients. Among them are such large industry partners as Ford, John Deere, Volvo, and Caterpillar<\/a> – all of them mount the company’s sensors on their vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samsara’s products help its clients to significantly boost all business processes and reduce operational expenses. According to Forbes Cloud 100, the company has made the Top-20 list of cloud platform developers – Samsara was evaluated by its market share, corporate culture, business metrics, and capitalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now let’s talk about the prospects and volume of the company’s target market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span><\/a>The market and competitors of Samsara Inc.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Mordor Intelligence, the global transport management market in 2021 was $7.34 billion. By 2026, it is expected to reach $22.08 billion. As a result, an average annual growth rate may be 15.34%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key reason for the target market expansion will be the need for the reduction of operational expenses for car services. The last businesses that are expected to optimise their expenditures will be small car fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company’s key competitors are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n