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"Linkedin IPO: net revenue $100M, market cap $4B. Google IPO: net revenue $800M, market cap $24B." http://twitter.com/akkartik/status/72519743835348992 http://t
by akkartik 15y ago
"Linkedin IPO: net revenue $100M, market cap $4B. Google IPO: net revenue $800M, market cap $24B." http://twitter.com/akkartik/status/72519743835348992 http://twitter.com/akkartik/status/72519743835348992
Seems pretty reasonable.
- Zakuzaa 15y agoWhat about profits?
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- Zakuzaa 15y agoWhat about profits?
- ScottBurson 15y agoTo know whether it's reasonable, you need to know not only the amount of revenue but also the revenue growth rate. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but my impression is that LinkedIn's revenue growth, while substantial, is not in the stratospheric territory that Google's was. (There's profit to consider too, of course, but the business models of these two companies are similar enough that one would expect them to have similar margins.)
- akkartik 15y agoTurns out linkedin doubled revenue YoY. http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/linkedin-files-for-ipo http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/27/linkedin-files-for-ipo Google (gross revenue) was at 3x. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504142742/ds1a.htm http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/0001193125041... All this is details. It's pretty clear that prices aren't crazily inflated.