Here’s something that everybody knows. Facebook is going public and is going to break the $100 billion valuation. To put this in perspective, this is the biggest venture-backed company IPO of all time, not even Google raised as much. This is a company that will trade at 100 times its historical earnings, while Apple trades at 14 times and Google at 19 times!
In case you have missed anything on the IPO, we bring the most important articles related to this super success story from a dorm room in 2004 to the biggest IPO of all-time by 2012.Facebook's historic IPO of $104 billion fell fat on Day 1 after it failed to go past its listing price of $38, technical glitches in trading also contributed to the gloom.
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Just who is going to cash in when Facebook goes public? Quite a few of the initial investors it seems, which include friends, family, investors and lucky employees. There will be a few billionaires and quite a few millionaires. Here’s the list.
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This is the most anticipated IPO since that of Google, and the search giant only raised $1.67 billion, Facebook on the other hand is expected to mop up in excess of $16billion from the market. Here’s everything that you needed to know on the red-hot public offering.
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Investors are smacking their lips in anticipation of this IPO treat. Will they make money or won’t they?
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To understand just how big Facebook has become in terms of its anticipated market cap, you have to compare it with the other titans that its going to surpass on its way to becoming the 22nd most valuable company on the S&P index. The big companies that Facebook will blow past include Dell, Target, HP, New York Times and Disney.
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Facebook will price its stock price at $38, that’s at the high end of the $34-$38 range. Well, lets hope it all worth it, considering that investor lapped the stock up like it were pure gold.
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In other news related to the IPO, controversial co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his US citizenship just before Facebook going public. Sources estimate that he will save $67 million in taxes because of the move.
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Ate current valuations, Facebook will be valued at a whopping $104 billion when founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rings the bell to signal the opening of markets. But how much will it worth at the end of the day’s trading? Some say it might go upto $50, but it may also tank below the opening price of $38. Its wait and watch, keep you fingers crossed kind of stuff.
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Ever wondered why Facebook needs all that cash that its going to be raising? Here are few reasons why: they include staffing, acquisitions and other stuff that’s related to the needs of a company on steroidal growth.
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