Layoffs don’t boost the share price — they drop it
Layoffs don’t boost the share price — they drop it
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Layoffs don’t boost the share price — they drop it
It’s common wisdom that doing a layoff sends your stock price up. But what if that wasn’t true? Elsie Peng at Goldman Sachs analysed layoffs between July and November 2025 and what the stock price …

‘Restructuring’ gets a 7% hit, ‘AI’ only a 2% hit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2ck27fJhI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - videohttps://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260323-layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it - podcast
time: 4 min 18 sec