Expecting an Upswing

Because of COVID-19, Zoom’s share value has increased dramatically since January 2020 (trend line in blue). Come August 2020, when school is starting again, it saw an even bigger spike than the trend had originally suggested (yellow), until mid October where it began to fall. This was in correlation to schools opening back up to in person, leading to less of a demand for Zoom’s service. However, most colleges and high schools will be going back online after Thanksgiving, due to travel. For this reason, I believe that we can expect a 50% increase by the end of this year, because we will see a similar positive slope in the share, and with one month we will see only half of the 100% increase we saw in August to October.