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It's extremely unlikely that they'll IPO for anywhere near $100 billion, or even near their current valuation (for reference, the largest IPO in history is Alib
by yladiz 10y ago
It's extremely unlikely that they'll IPO for anywhere near $100 billion, or even near their current valuation (for reference, the largest IPO in history is Alibaba with $25B). Their accounting practices most likely don't utilize GAAP, which is how they get around saying "we're profitable in the US", so I wouldn't be surprised if they were actually significantly losing money. Plus with the multitude of lawsuits against them right now, it's not hard to imagine they lose a good chunk of their valuation in the near future if the lawsuits don't really favor them.
They may IPO (if they are indeed profitable and don't want to keep looking for Series N style fundraising), although I doubt it, and if they did, it's definitely unlikely to be anywhere near $100 billion.
- menzoic 10y ago> the largest IPO in history is Alibaba with $25B Facebook's IPO was much larger at $104B
- curiousDog 10y agoSorry, yes I meant market cap/valuation. Last year, Uber was handing out RSUs at a $62.5bn valuation. At IPO, it'll atleast be double that, no?
- yladiz 10y agoAlthough I was more focused on the IPO terminology, I still think my argument holds true that I don't believe that Uber would have a favorable IPO and that it's unlikely their current/future valuation would translate to market cap, because they're very likely not honestly profitable in their larger markets (e.g. US) because there's no proof they're going by their GAAP numbers when saying they're profitable in the US. I would love to see documents like SEC filings from Uber, but they won't release those except to investors until they IPO, so it's a catch-22...