PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. billion rescue, and also said it had taken its valuation of the beleaguered workspace company down by 80 percent, to around $5 billion at the end of the most recent quarter.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

billion valuation and shares trading at $14-16 a share. At its post-IPO valuation and share price, Etsy was roughly 52 times its adjusted earnings. A pretty impressive feat, considering at the time of its IPO Etsy wasn’t actually profitable yet. A little over a year ago, Etsy IPOed, mostly to a round of applause.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Turns out that investors get nervous when profits prove elusive. Thus, a possible tech stock market fizzle, should this indeed be a harbinger, where the $2 billion valuation is the same as implied by a Blue Apron funding round two years ago. The fines show a sharper regulatory gaze, especially in Europe, bearing down on eCommerce.

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