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Here's The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO
And now for some more bombshell news about the Facebook IPO... Earlier, we reported that the analysts at Facebook's IPO underwriters had cut their estimates for the company in the middle of the IPO roadshow, a highly unusual and negative event. Put differently, the company basically pre-announced that its second quarter would fall short of analysts' estimates. But it only told the underwriter analysts about this.
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 $. 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.
Facebook : l'action passe sous son prix d'introduction (MàJ)
Why Facebook Clearly Belongs in the 10X Revenue Club
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 .”
Normally at this point on a Friday I’d be busily scouring the web for FAILs to talk about in my “ Failure to Launch ” column. However, because it’s been a bit of a quiet week on the FAIL front – and more importantly, Facebook has seen one of the biggest anti-FAILs (aka WIN!) in online history – I thought I’d share some of the fun things I learnt about Facebook through their IPO announcement this week. Feel free to share your own if I’ve missed any good ones – drop me a note in the comments! Facebook’s revenue in 2011 was a whopping $3.1 billion, with profits over over $1billion.
10 Interesting things we learnt about Facebook through their IPO | Tamar
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Facebook IPO: Privacy Laws a ‘Risk Factor’ - Digits - WSJ
Facebook has taken some lumps in the past few months when it comes to user privacy – and from the looks of its IPO documents, the company expects scrutiny of its privacy practices to continue. In its long-awaited filing, the social-networking giant calls potential privacy laws and changing attitudes about privacy a potential “risk factor” for its business. And in a sign of how important privacy has become for the company, Facebook takes pains to mention how privacy settings fit into its products. It mentions “privacy” 35 times in its filing and even lists its “privacy and sharing settings” as one of the ways the company creates value for people.
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.
In one crucial way, Facebook is still a private company
Facebook plans to raise $5bn via share launch | Financials | ZDNet UK
Facebook took a formal step toward joining the ranks of other public technology giants by filing for its eagerly anticipated initial public offering. The company filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, officially declaring its intent to go public. Facebook plans to raise $5bn (£3.16bn) through the IPO, according to the filing. The last major tech IPO was Google's, which raised $1.9bn. The S-1 pulls back the curtain on Facebook's business, providing investors with a formal glimpse into its financials.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.
Silence, bitch... This $100bn valuation is serious business Mark Zuckerberg seems to want Facebook's public debut to be as dull as his bluey-grey t-shirts.
Zuck plots carefully considered Facebook IPO • The Register
Facebook IPO: Staff plan lavish spending with IPO set to create 1,000 millionaires | Mail Online
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.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.
Facebook files for $5 billion IPO | ZDNet
Facebook files for IPO as Wall Street drools | ZDNet
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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. Disclosure about technology infrastructure isn’t new in IPO filings, but there are some key points worth noting about Facebook. Among the key IT facts from Facebook’s filing. More: Facebook’s IPO filing | Facebook files for IPO as Wall Street drools | Facebook files for $5 billion IPO | Facebook has over 845 million users |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).Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg lance l'entrée en Bourse
Business - Le premier réseau social du monde a déposé son projet d'introduction en Bourse auprès de la Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) avec l'objectif de lever 5 milliards de dollars. 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.FB valuation & IPO