LNKD

$TWTR how do you figure what it is worth?

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Valuation is thought of as relative valuation and absolute valuation.  On an absolute value many stocks in the tech arena such as Amazon appear to be overvalued.  Its only on a relative value metrics that analysts can justify many of these nosebleed values. And money is money as proven by Microsoft’s astonishing all cash offer of $26.2 billion for LinkedIn.  That begets the question, since Twitter is up for sale, what’s it worth?  On a relative value it may be worth far more than it is currently trading at. Company Active daily users  Market Cap   Price per User  Twitter           350,000,000 … Read more

Goldman Upgrades, LinkedIn Jumps

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LinkedIn shares shot up almost 8% today on good news from the Goldman camp.  Analysts decided to raise the price target $55 to $135 and up the rating from Hold to Buy.  While shares of LNKD broke the $100 dollar mark for the first time since the IPO on this news, many consider the price target to be rather excessive, despite the fact that nobody should listen to price targets anyway.  According to Goldman, there is a “high perceived value” of LinkedIn services among recruiters and is poised to benefit from the increase in mobile usage and advertising.  It’s hard … Read more

‘s Road to IPO

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Linkedin is a social network geared to the work world. The company has more than 1,000 employees and 100 million members in more than 200 countries. Now it will be one of the first major social media IPOs. Let’s take a look at the history behind Linkedin’s IPO… Source: The Credit Score Blog