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Despite all the hype behind the US-based companies that IPO-ed this year, more than half of them are trading below their offer price. This can be partly explained by the overall decline of the stock market, which has been dropping for the past two months.
On their debut, Pandora (P) popped out at 8.9%, Epocrates (EPOC) gained 37%,...
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On June 2, Groupon (GRPN) filed for an initial public offering that could potentially raise $750m. This enormous valuation is justified through its huge increases in revenue, user base and number of Groupons sold. However, on closer inspection it may seem that Groupon is playing a little smoke and mirrors. A toxic mix of net losses,...
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LinkedIn is hoping to join the ranks of Amazon and Google as it filed an online prospectus last Thursday for an initial public offering.
Private shares of LinkedIn have been traded at an implied valuation of $2.51 billion. This is considerably smaller than Facebook’s $50 billion but still, LinkedIn is benefiting from the...
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The recent news that Goldman Sachs has valued Facebook at $50 billion has been plastered everywhere and rightly so. Giving Facebook that valuation puts it amongst the likes of American Express (AXP), Kraft (KFT), and Boeing (BA).
That’s a big deal for any company, let alone one that’s just over six years old and was...
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