Facebook IPO: Here's Why You Shouldn't Buy Yet. Everyone's talking about the Facebook IPO — and for good reason. Facebook is currently valued at around $100 billion, though it made less than $4 billion in revenue last year. Still, if the social network with more than 901 million users plays its cards right, it could be the world's first $1 trillion company by 2014.
The Facebook IPO is slated for Friday. New investors can potentially buy around 421 million shares of Facebook stock at $38 a pop. The big question is: should you buy Facebook stock while it's hot? Former NYU Stern School of Business finance professor Kenneth Froewiss believes adding Facebook to a portfolio early on is risky for experienced pros and investment amateurs alike. "Even for those individuals with above-average net worth, purchasing shares at an IPO, especially a 'hot' one that has been widely hyped, is rarely a good idea," Froewiss says. "Might someone on occasion reap a tremendous windfall by doing so? Factors that can affect Facebook stock are legion. The Facebook IPO Rich List – Zuckerberg $19.1bn, Dad $76m (Infographic) FacebookRichList – Social Commerce Today. Economie - L'actualité économique, entreprise et finance - L'Expansion. Everything you need to know about Facebook’s potential IPO (infographic)
Inside Facebook's S1 Filing: 845 Million Users, $3.7 Billion In Revenues In 2011. The day has finally come as many has long predicted and hoped: Facebook today filed its S1 registration. We're combing through the numbers at present--we'll update as we get a better grasp on the figures--but here are the initial highlights. Net income for 2011 reached $1 billion in 2011, on revenue of $3.7 billion, up from $606 million on revenues of $1.97 billion in 2010.
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of Facebook revenue comes from advertising--roughly $3.2 billion in ad revenue in 2011. Revenues from payments generated only $557 million; remarkably, 12% of Facebook's revenue come from Zynga. As many outlets had previously reported, Facebook indicated in its filling it sought to raise $5 billion, and will have the ticker "FB.
" Facebook has $3.9 billion cash on hand, and the company also revealed in its filing specific usership figures: 845 million monthly users at the end of 2011, with roughly half of those users active on a daily basis. The Hacker Way. Facebook IPO: The Numbers Behind the World's Most Valuable Social Network [INFOGRAPHIC] The world is anticipating Facebook to file for an initial public offering this week, and most indicators point to $10 billion in stock and a valuation at over $100 billion. Just how did our little status updates and vacation photos turn into what will likely be the biggest tech IPO in history (and a valuation that rivals some of the world's biggest multinational banks and telecoms)? SEE ALSO: Facebook’s Road to IPO Our number-crunching friends at Statista have pulled down a swell of stats on the company's mind-boggling ascendance in recent years. Most of the numbers indicate that Facebook is built to last.
SEE ALSO: Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s $100 Billion IPO But pause a moment to consider the ratio of income to value. Scope the stats yourself and let us know where you land in the comments section. Infographic courtesy of Statista.com. Facebook's $5 Billion IPO: The Next Google? Or The Next Groupon? | Epicenter. Facebook filed the prospectus for its initial public offering on Wednesday morning. Above, CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a 2011 event in San Francisco. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Facebook is finally going public. On Wednesday, Facebook filed the prospectus for its initial public offering. Given Facebook’s size and popularity — the social network has over 845 million members worldwide — eight years is actually quite a long time.
This could mean Facebook’s IPO will meet a fate similar to that of this year’s other high-profile tech IPOs. Regardless, the IPO will put cash in the pockets of the many paper millionaires surrounding the company, and it will inject a massive amount of capital into Facebook’s coffers. And fine-tuning its ads is crucial, given that it’s the company’s predominant revenue stream: Currently, advertising accounts for 84 percent of the company’s $3.7 billion in revenues.
The Facebook Paradox Facebook is a paradox. Now, it’s going completely public.