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P/Es are a little confusing... earnings by that metric really means net income or earnings per share. In other words their liabilities and costs figure into "e
by moocow01 14y ago
P/Es are a little confusing... earnings by that metric really means net income or earnings per share. In other words their liabilities and costs figure into "earnings".
Fred Wilson is using some wonky math there. Using projected earnings their P/E would be easily be calculated at 100+ and possibly much more. They would really have to do something out of this world to have a P/E in the teens.
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:ZNGA&fstype=ii http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:ZNGA&fstype=ii
- fredwilson 14y agohere's the math. it is not wonky. market cap = ~$6bn, cash = $1.5bn, enterprise value = ~$4.5bn, pre-tax earnings/EBTIDA in Q1 = $87mm, annualized = $358mm, enterprise value/annualized ebitda = ~13