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Which headline do you think is more informative to TechCrunch's audience? Twitter Prices IPO At $26 Per Share or Twitter Prices IPO At $18 Billion Valuation
by danhak 13y ago
Which headline do you think is more informative to TechCrunch's audience?
Twitter Prices IPO At $26 Per Share
or
Twitter Prices IPO At $18 Billion Valuation
- afterburner 13y agoBoth are useful and necessary.
- edias 13y agoYes, they are both useful and relevant when used in combination but alone stock price is pretty meaningless. Before Berkshire Hathaway issued a stock split (1 share becomes 2 or more shares) a share was worth ~$172,000. Today Apple trades at $520 and MSFT at $38. Alone those numbers are of no use. You don't know how much the actual company is worth. Share price * share volume = Market Cap. You need to know at least two of those values to make an informed decision.
- pbreit 13y agoThe first since it's is the new bit of information. The valuation is then implied since the number of shares is already known.