The meteoric rise of Zoom
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Zoom has seen a rapid rise in fortunes since its app become the most popular video conferencing service during the coronavirus pandemic
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QUARTERLY EARNINGS ($ millions) 

Q1 Apr 30, 2020 328.17
Q4 Jan 31, 2020 188.25
Q3 Oct 31, 2019 166.59
Q2 Jul 31, 2019 145.83
Q1 Apr 30, 2019 121.99
Q4 Jan 31, 2019 105.80
Q3 Oct 31, 2018  90.12
Q2 Jul 31, 2018  74.53
Q1 Apr 30, 2018  60.07

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2019 2020
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Apr 18, 2019: First day of trading, close: $62.00, up 72% from IPO price of $36.00

Jun 4: Close: $210.35 

Apr: 3.9 billion people in lockdown
             

Dec 31: Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, China, reports cluster of pneumonia cases. Novel coronavirus eventually identified

Jan 13, 2020: First U.S. case
                      
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Sources: The Verge, YCharts, Yahoo! Finance, Zoom Picture: Apple © GRAPHIC NEWS