What to Know Before Buying Peloton Stock in 2026

If investors had purchased shares of Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) at the initial public offering in September 2019 and held until the peak in January 2021, they would have registered a fantastic 550% gain. Timing the market perfectly like that is almost impossible to do, though. Instead, the majority of investors probably watched this consumer discretionary stock fall precipitously. It currently trades 97% below that all-time record (as of Feb. 23), as the company's financial performance has suffered ...