Here's The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO. Here's The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO. Facebook : l'action passe sous son prix d'introduction (MàJ) Mise à jour : L'ouverture du NASDAQ ce lundi confirme le scepticisme des investisseurs, puisque Facebook ouvre à 35,52 $ l'action, soit en dessous de son tarif d'introduction. Au moment où nous publions cette mise à jour, le cours de l'action continue même de baisser, à moins de 34,25 $. Article du 19 mai 2012 - L'enthousiasme des dirigeants de Facebook n'a finalement pas déteint sur les boursicoteurs.
Abondamment commentée ces derniers mois, l'entrée en bourse du réseau social a donné l'impression d'un pétard mouillé. Si l'action de Facebook, estampillée "FB" à la bourse de New York (NASDAQ), ne s'est pas effondrée, elle a terminé à un niveau inférieur à celui fixé lors de son introduction. L'action du site communautaire a pourtant débuté à 42,05 dollars, ce qui est un montant bien supérieur à celui évoqué jusqu'alors. Dans un communiqué, il était en effet question d'un prix par titre de 38 dollars. Why Facebook Clearly Belongs in the 10X Revenue Club. February 1, 2012: Attached are my thoughts on the Facebook S-1 along with some quick stabs at valuation. Brief disclosure, Benchmark Capital has a minority position in Facebook as a result of the acquisition of FriendFeed, a company that was incubated in our offices.
I thought it would be useful to look at Facebook using the scorecard from our May 24 blog post, “All Revenue is Not Created Equal, the Keys to the 10X Revenue Club.” For those that want to save time, the key point of this piece is that there is a broad disparity of Price/Revenue multiples for global Internet stocks, and that only a very small fraction of these companies achieve a multiple over 10X. On a roll, these factors are: 1. So how does Facebook score on these metrics? The bottom line is that these scores are fantastic. Here are a few other interesting things from the S-1: Tax Rate.
Plainte collective? Facebook IPO: Privacy Laws a ‘Risk Factor’ - Digits. In one crucial way, Facebook is still a private company. There has been a lot of attention — to say the least — paid to Facebook’s long-awaited public stock offering, which could put a valuation on the company as high as $100 billion. For the first time, average investors will get a chance to own a piece of the massive social network and its multibillion-dollar revenue stream. But in a very important way, Facebook still remains a private company. Why? Because it is controlled by CEO Mark Zuckerberg through a special class of stock that gives him super-voting rights, and he also controls the board. In other words, you may own stock in the company, but you have virtually no say in what happens to it. As described in the Facebook prospectus, when new shareholders buy stock in the company, once it is publicly traded they will get class A shares, which carry a single vote each.
Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of the early investors in the company own class B shares, which have 10 votes each. Zuckerberg retains control forever, even after his death. Facebook Files S-1 For $5 Billion IPO. Facebook on Wednesday filed its S-1 form with the SEC for an Initial Public Offering. The company is seeking to raise $5 billion. You can check out the S-1 here. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also penned a letter outlining the goals behind the company's IPO. "Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected," he wrote. "We think it’s important that everyone who invests in Facebook understands what this mission means to us, how we make decisions and why we do the things we do.
" He went on to write, in part, Facebook aspires to build the services that give people the power to share and help them once again transform many of our core institutions and industries. [...] Visit TechCrunch to read Zuckerberg's entire letter. According to the S-1, the company will trade under the ticker symbol "FB. " The IPO's lead underwriters include Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Zuck plots carefully considered Facebook IPO. High performance access to file storage Mark Zuckerberg seems to want Facebook's public debut to be as dull as his bluey-grey t-shirts. The dominant social network is widely expected to file regulatory documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission later today. But the company's CEO is reportedly hoping to play down the whole affair. Kara Swisher over at All Things Digital reports that this conservative approach on the road to an IPO is due to Zuck wanting to "minimise a bubble atmosphere around the event".
In the run-up to what is the most anticipated initial public offering from a tech company since Google's, observers citing those all important people-what-know-stuff-on-the-inside have repeatedly made that bubble awfully big. Facebook IPO: Staff plan lavish spending with IPO set to create 1,000 millionaires. Social networking giant files documents today to begin trading publiclyStock expected to start trading in May; employees set for huge windfallPutting together bucket lists of purchase ideas including space travelCharity donations, house sales and car purchases expected to boom By Mark Duell and Hugo Gye Updated: 12:01 GMT, 2 February 2012 They have spent years planning lavish adventures, dreaming of driving top-of-the-range sports cars and sizing up luxury apartments in the Golden State.
Now, after a blockbuster $5billion Facebook stock exchange flotation moved a step closer today, at least 1,000 employees of the social network based in Menlo Park, California, are finally on their way to becoming millionaires. Facebook today submitted paperwork to regulators for the most anticipated initial public offering since Google in 2004, expected to value the hugely-successful company at up to $100billion. 845million monthly active users 483million daily active users $668million profit in 2011.
Facebook files for $5 billion IPO. As has been widely rumored and expected, Facebook today filed its Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The social networking giant is looking to raise $5 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), which is less than the $10 billion number thrown around before, but it can (and likely will) increase. It would appear Menlo Park wants to start with a conservative base and stir up demand for its stock by limiting supply. This will likely be one of the most watched technology IPOs in recent years, as it will be the largest ever to emerge from Silicon Valley.
Morgan Stanley has received the coveted lead left role. The company has been unusually guarded about the process for selecting banks involved in the underwriting syndicate, but Morgan Stanley's market leading position in Internet IPOs ultimately helped it secure the leading role. Facebook files for IPO as Wall Street drools. Well, it's official. Facebook has filed its S-1 papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in what is the most highly anticipated initial public offering since Google's. The IPO values Facebook at $5 billion, according to the company's SEC filing. It did not specify how many shares it would offer, nor which exchange it would list its shares on. Facebook reported net income of $1 billion on revenue of $3.71 billion for the year ended December 31st. Profits attributed to shareholders (class A and B) were $668 million. Other key facts from the prospectus: 179 million users in U.S.229 million users in Europe from December 31st, 2011;483 million daily active users (daily average over the month ended);435 million mobile users in December2.7 billion likes/comments per day;250 million photos uploaded per day;100 billion friendships.
Facebook has over 845 million users. As part of its filing for an initial public offering today, Facebook revealed it now has 845 million monthly active users. This has been confirmed with an update on the Facebook Fact Sheet page, which now reads "We had 845 million monthly active users at the end of December 2011. " This number could be of course much bigger (and Google actually claims it is) but 845 million is what's official, straight from the horse's mouth. Oh, Facebook also has 425 million mobile users. Facebook today also released the number of daily active users it has. On average in December 2011, the company saw 483 million daily active users. The company has said before that more than 50 percent of the website's active users log on to Facebook in any given day. In September 2011, Facebook confirmed it had over 500 million daily active users and over 800 million monthly active users. The numbers come with this little detail from Facebook: See also:
Facebook's operations: A look at the IT risks. Facebook's long-awaited initial public offering filing revealed the social network's financial picture, but the company also had to lift the kimono on its technology infrastructure. Simply put, there are technology risks that come with scaling enough to support 483 million daily active users. Review & Outlook: The Public Facebook.
Facebook se lance en Bourse mais impose sa vision aux actionnaires. C'est fait. Conformément aux rumeurs relayées ces derniers jours, Facebook a bien déposé mercredi son dossier d'introduction en Bourse auprès de la Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). Le dossier transmis aux autorités boursières américaines permettrait de lever au moins 5 milliards de dollars, soit environ 3,8 milliards d'euros, et pourrait valoriser Facebook à 100 milliards de dollars. Soit un peu moins de 1,2 dollars pour chacun des 845 millions d'utilisateurs par mois du réseau social (le site déclare 483 millions d'utilisateurs quotidiens).
Selon les documents communiqués pour l'Initial Public Offering (IPO), Facebook a réalisé 3,71 milliards de dollards de chiffre d'affaires en 2011, et dégagé un bénéfice net d'un milliard de d'euros, contre 606 millions en 2010. L'entreprise créée en 2004, qui n'a atteint son point d'équilibre qu'en 2009, est donc depuis devenue une entreprise extrêmement rentable, qui emploie 3 200 salariés. Facebook's Journey From Founding to IPO [INFOGRAPHIC] Is Facebook ready for its heavily rumored IPO next spring? With the massive growth of its staff and userbase, the huge rounds of funding it has taken and its ever-rising valuation, and the company's increasing significance in the global sphere, the startup has clearly moved into the realm of enterprise. To quickly sum up the company's journey from dorm room to Silicon Valley, we have an infographic from real-time social media startup Namesake.
Click image to see full-size version. [source: Namesake Blog] Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg lance l'entrée en Bourse. C'est la fin du suspense. L'introduction en Bourse de Facebook, la plus attendue depuis celle de Google en 2004, est sur les rails. Le leader mondial des réseaux sociaux a déposé le 1er février son projet d'introduction auprès de la Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). Il devrait être coté au New York Stock Exchange ou sur le Nasdaq. L'objectif affiché est de lever au moins 5 milliards de dollars mais cela pourrait être beaucoup plus en fonction de l'appétit des investisseurs pour le titre.
Un chiffre astronomique pour une société de 3200 salariés dont certains sont déjà assurés de devenir millionnaires. Même dans le bas de la fourchette, l'introduction sera la plus grosse jamais réalisée par une société Internet. On ignore encore le nombre d'actions qui sera proposé au marché et leur prix d'introduction, ce qui rend impossible le calcul précis d'une valorisation qui devrait être comprise entre 75 et 100 milliards de dollars. Zuckerberg garde le contrôle. FB valuation & IPO. Qui poss?de Facebook ? Facebook's Biggest Risks Explained. Facebook is about to jump into unfriendly waters. If founder Mark Zuckerberg thought the company faced fierce competitors in Silicon Valley, he is about to find that the denizens of Wall Street are not nearly so forgiving. There are risks to going public. How does the world perceive your company? Can the platform grow and maintain its edge? The trick for Facebook will be to balance the concerns of its shareholders with the need to push the boundaries of innovation.
This is no easy task. In its S-1 filing today, Facebook outlined a litany of risks for the company going forward. Jump to: What Are the Risks? Facebook's risks are fundamentally tied to the fact that nearly 85% of the company's revenue is related to advertising. We enlisted Antone Johnson, founder of the Bottom Line Law Group to help with the analysis of Facebook's risk factors. Johnson on Facebook's reliance on advertising: "Main story here is the drop from 98% to 85% of revenue being generated by advertising. Mobile Competition.