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I'm assuming this acquisition (if it does occur) would be paid for mostly in Square stock. $100 million cash vs $100 million in Square stock have two different
by jasondc 12y ago
I'm assuming this acquisition (if it does occur) would be paid for mostly in Square stock. $100 million cash vs $100 million in Square stock have two different values, depending on how you feel about Square's current valuation and future prospects.
- presty 12y agogiven the rise of square, I'd say a $100M in stocks is going to be worth a lot more than $100M in cash
- smtddr 12y agoThat's debatable - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7322642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7322642 ...and... http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/02/with-ipo-hopes-fading-square-and-box-face-reality-of-commodity-products/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/02/with-ipo-hopes-fading-squar...
- hkmurakami 12y agoRemember when Instagram was bought by Facebook right before its IPO, then FB proceeded to tank post IPO? Things have recovered since then of course, but that sort of thing can always happen.