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They made $1.9BN just this quarter.

• kumarvvr 5y ago
  Do you have their annual statements? I could not find any beyond the 2017 sec filing. Yahoo has been only marginally profitable for many years now. I don't see any future cashflows, incomes, dividends or even any plan for foray into new business areas. For all intents and purposes, it's a dead company.
  • utopcell 5y ago
    Yahoo is the 8th most visited property in the world [1] and still brings in billions in revenue. Pretty good for a "dead" entity. [1] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-most-visited-website...
    • kumarvvr 5y ago
      As per your link, Yahoo has about 4 Billion monthly visitors. Average Click-Through-Rate for web ads is about 0.5%. That translates to about 20 million ad clicks per month. Average Cost-Per-Click is about 0.5 USD, meaning Yahoo earns about 10 Million dollars from ad clicks. Lets triple it, considering exclusive deals, ad deals, etc. So thats 30 M USD per month, or about 360 M USD per year. Still is it worth about 5 B USD? Also note that this is current rates. Internet is a finicky business where if you drop off the radar of the most active users, you will lose revenue very quick. So the risk adjustment factors for companies like Yahoo will likely be very high.
      • utopcell 5y ago
        $360M in profit wouldn't translate to a "dead" entity, but if we're to focus on your numbers then Google (that has 24.4X more monthly visitors) would be earning about $2.9B to $8.8B per year from ad clicks. As in most cases: garbage in, garbage out. Why is it important for you to call Yahoo "dead" ?
      • sfblah 5y ago
        Visitors visit more than one page per "monthly visit." Multiply your entire analysis by something like 5 or 10.