Why Roadzen (RDZN) Stock Is Trading Lower

Roadzen Inc RDZN shares are trading lower by 11.8% to $2.00 Thursday afternoon after the company announced that its Special Committee of Independent Directors approved a plan for certain related parties to release $3.5 million of short-term debt in exchange for ordinary shares of RDZN.

The parties involved include CEO Rohan Malhotra and entities associated with Chairman Steven Carlson. The debt will be converted to shares based on a price of $2.80 per share or the 30-day volume-weighted average price after the company files its Q1 Form 10-Q.

Steven Carlson expressed confidence in Roadzen’s AI platform’s potential for success in the auto insurance industry, highlighting the integration of computer vision and telematics. CEO Rohan Malhotra emphasized that the debt-to-equity exchange simplifies the company’s balance sheet and supports its mission to transform the auto insurance sector with AI technology.

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How To Buy RDZN Stock

By now you're likely curious about how to participate in the market for Roadzen – be it to purchase shares, or even attempt to bet against the company.

Buying shares is typically done through a brokerage account. You can find a list of possible trading platforms here. Many will allow you to buy ‘fractional shares,' which allows you to own portions of stock without buying an entire share. For example, some stock, like Berkshire Hathaway, or Amazon.com, can cost thousands of dollars to own just one share. However, if you only want to invest a fraction of that, brokerages will allow you to do so.

In the the case of Roadzen, which is trading at $2.04 as of publishing time, $100 would buy you 49.02 shares of stock.

If you're looking to bet against a company, the process is more complex. You'll need access to an options trading platform, or a broker who will allow you to ‘go short' a share of stock by lending you the shares to sell. The process of shorting a stock can be found at this resource. Otherwise, if your broker allows you to trade options, you can either buy a put option, or sell a call option at a strike price above where shares are currently trading – either way it allows you to profit off of the share price decline.

According to data from Benzinga Pro, RDZN has a 52-week high of $12.50 and a 52-week low of $1.55.