Trump Media stock scrapes new 52-week low in heavy trading after DJT lockup lifts

Shares of Trump Media on Monday sank to their lowest price in over a year, days after majority owner Donald Trump and other company insiders got the green light to start selling their stakes in the Truth Social maker.

The stock, which trades as DJT on the Nasdaq, dropped more than 6% at the market open, putting the company on track for its sixth straight day of declines.

Trump Media's share price has fallen by more than 80% since the company surged in its public trading debut in late March. The stock as of Monday morning was at its lowest intraday level since July 2023.

The company's market capitalization, which crossed $10 billion in March, has shrunk to about $2.5 billion. Trump owns nearly 57% of the company's outstanding shares, which as of Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. ET, was worth less than $1.5 billion.

Trump and other company insiders have been bound by lockup agreements that barred them from selling their shares in the initial months after Trump Media went public.

Those restrictions expired at the closing bell Thursday.

Trump, a main draw for Truth Social users and many retail investors in the company, said earlier in September that he will not sell his stake. The stock price briefly shot up after his remarks.

Other early investors have made no such promises. They include ARC Global, a sponsor of the blank-check firm that took Trump Media public, and United Atlantic Ventures, an entity controlled by two former contestants on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice."