Is it finally time to bottom-fish this stock? Or is it a falling knife?
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Amid the general repricing of providers of enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) in recent months, cloud-based collaborative work-management platform with “Agentic AI products,” monday.com, reported earnings this morning, upon which its shares [MNDY] plunged by 22%, to about $76.70 at the moment. If it closes at this price, it will be a record-low closing price.
Since the all-time high in November 2021 ($444.70), the stock has now plunged by 82%, and thereby has become eligible for our pantheon of Imploded Stocks, for which the minimum requirement is a plunge of 70% from the more or less recent all-time high.
The company went public in June 2021 at an IPO price of $155 a share, amid the immense consensual hallucination at the time. Shares are now down by 51% from the IPO price.

In early November, when the stock traded at over $200, 80% of the 25 brokerage firms that cover the stock had a “strong buy” rating on the stock, 8.3% a “buy” rating, and 12.5% a “hold” rating, according to Zacks.
But none had the only rating that would have nailed it: “Sell.” Then, armed with these ratings, the stock plunged by 63% in three months. Why is anyone still paying attention to these ratings?
The stock is traded on the Nasdaq, the company is headquartered in Israel, and files its earnings reports (6-Ks) with the SEC as a “foreign issuer.”
Its Q4 revenues of $334 million, revenue growth of 25%, and adjusted profit of $1.04 per share beat the average of analysts’ expectations.
But its Q1 revenue guidance of $338-340 million fell short; its Q1 revenue growth guidance of 20% fell short; its Q1 guidance for operating income fell short; and its guidance for the full year metrics fell short.
GAAP operating income dropped to $2.4 million in Q4, from $9.6 million a year ago; GAAP operating margin dropped to 1%, from 4% a year ago.
Finally time to bottom-fish this stock? Or is it a falling knife?
I don’t have answers here, only some observations: With GAAP earnings per share in 2025 of $2.24, and even at the current collapsed share price, the stock still has a trailing 12-month P/E ratio of 34.
That’s high for a company that is dialing down its revenue growth rate to 20%, and maybe dialing-down more later amid a whirlwind of software industry challenges, including from AI, perceived or real. The company also continues to issue new shares and thereby continues to dilute existing shareholders: In 2025, its share count increased by 3.1% year-over-year.
At the current price, the stock has a market cap of about $4 billion. The company does sit on $1.62 billion in cash and marketable securities, and it still has revenue growth, though at a slower rate, and those revenues grew to $1.2 billion in the year 2025. And short interest amounts to about 10% of its float, which could make for some fireworks when these folks cover their short positions.
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Ironic, on a Monday. Heh. Our IT staff uses this software. The name Monday always causes confusion.
I deployed Monday.coms project management tools shortly after their IPO at a state agency that implemented it across all projects. As a consultant with 20+ years of PM experience, I was required to use it along with 10 other PMs.
Their implementation was a disaster and a complete waist of time. After 25 years of IT project managent, it was like using a toy in a professional setting. Everyone was asking if they had a ‘professional” version!
The company is run by amatures with good political connections I’m guessing.
Fast-forward to 2028 >> “Nasdaq joins our list of Imploded Stocks”
I love investing in companies that will take 30+ years to pay me back.
I think I have more faith in my investment in my daughters lemonade stand. Similar YoY revenue growth, but she can pay back the table, chair, and sign in a matter of months.
All these SaaS companies can come knock on my door for money when trailing PE gets to 15. They are a dime a dozen, particularly in the productivity space. Companies are tightening the belt on subscription plans where the whole company gets charged a seat.
MNDY is a limited partnership….PITA come tax time. Pass.