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APRIL 26, 2019

Uber , the ride-hailing startup gearing up to go public via an initial public offering (IPO), is reportedly seeking a valuation of between $80 billion and $90 billion and is getting a $500 million investment from PayPal. It is also closer to the $76 billion valuation it had after its latest round of funding.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

On-demand workspace startup WeWork has secured significant funding from investors and has aggressive plans for global expansion, but the company’s losses are ballooning, according to reports in The New York Times this week. According to the company’s latest financial disclosure, the firm’s losses have hit $1.9

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 19, 2023

It has been a rocky year so far, in 2022, with worries about inflation competing with hopes about recovery for the market’s attention. Netflix and Facebook saw drops of 20% or more in market capitalization, following negative earnings reports, but Amazon and Google beat market expectations. to 14.9%. to 14.9%.

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VCFO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

monthly, annual) performance, much more is needed for effective strategic planning – proactive planning that looks beyond what the business will do in the short term to where you want it to be in five years, ten years, or a similar timeframe. While the Income Statement does provide a view of historical (e.g.,

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

It has been a rocky year so far, in 2022, with worries about inflation competing with hopes about recovery for the market’s attention. Netflix and Facebook saw drops of 20% or more in market capitalization, following negative earnings reports, but Amazon and Google beat market expectations. My September 2020 Valuations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Following WeWork ’s IPO debacle, investors want tech startups to prove profitability before seeking funds and going public, CNBC reported on Friday (Nov. Potential investors wanted to know how those companies plan to turn a profit. WeWork abandoned its IPO plans after massive losses turned off investors.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Coffee startup Luckin plans to open 2,500 new stores in China this year to overtake Starbucks in the country. What we want at the moment is scale and speed,” Luckin Chief Marketing Officer Yang Fei said at a presentation in Beijing, according to Reuters. But the company recorded a loss of 800 million yuan ($116.34

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway plans to invest more than $570 million in cloud data company Snowflake , which has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. The plan is for Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy $250 million in shares direct from the company at the time of its IPO. Revenues, however, are not profits.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

If it does price its shares higher, the ride-hailing startup could have a valuation of more than $23 billion, which is at the high end of the previous target. While there is a lot of interest in Lyft, there are also concerns about its lack of profitability. Lyft had losses of $911 million in 2018.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

It has been a rocky year so far, in 2022, with worries about inflation competing with hopes about recovery for the market's attention. Netflix and Facebook saw drops of 20% or more in market capitalization, following negative earnings reports, but Amazon and Google beat market expectations. to 14.9%.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Digital rival Chewy has seen its shares go up in excess of 150 percent this year, with a market value of $30.3 The pet retail chain is also moving towards profitability after net losses the past two years. It has also narrowed its losses by 77 percent to $20.3 It could be looking for a $6 billion valuation. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

We are in a period where 5 percent down days in equity markets — take your pick which market, in whatever country you like — are becoming commonplace. Through the end of last month, as S&P Global Market Intelligence reported, there were 30 IPOs in the U.S. alone this year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2019

The company aims to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market with the symbol LYFT by the end of this month. Uber is reportedly planning to launch its IPO in April, issuing its required public disclosure next month before starting its own investor road show. Neither Uber nor Lyft are profitable. billion in 2018, an increase from $1.06

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Sources have revealed that Uber is planning to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The company aims to trade on the Nasdaq stock market with the symbol LYFT by the end of this month. While the paperwork didn’t disclose the company’s valuation, Lyft is expected to come in much higher than the $15.1

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation. Who is a key person?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. Here are a few of the more noteworthy ones, listed in order of valuation at the time of going public: 1. The company also reported a $23 million profit for the second quarter — its first black ink in history.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Gett is backed by Volkswagen and has a valuation of about $1.5 The company had aspirations of going public by 2020, but those plans have potentially hit a roadblock. . Waiser said he thinks the company will be profitable by December, and that he hasn’t completely written off the idea of an initial public offering (IPO). . “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Gett is backed by Volkswagen and has a valuation of about $1.5 The company had aspirations of going public by 2020, but those plans have potentially hit a roadblock. . Waiser said he thinks the company will be profitable by December, and that he hasn’t completely written off the idea of an initial public offering (IPO). . “We

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CFO Share

MAY 5, 2023

Follow market signals Demand shifts during recessions. Are you shifting your growth marketing strategies to match? The only way to know is to follow the market closely and respond quickly. These tactics will allow you to identify new demand and adjust your growth marketing strategies. Research competitors.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

plans to raise as much as $264.1 The total market valuation of Sonos at $19 a share would amount to $1.87 However, sources said in April that Sonos was targeting a valuation of $2.5 In fiscal 2017, Sonos posted a net loss of $14.2 million, down from a net loss of $38.2 million, down from a net loss of $38.2

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

WeWork , which recently renamed itself The We Company, has built a multibillion-dollar valuation with its business model of renting out spaces. The company is starting a “global real estate acquisition and management platform” to purchase stakes in buildings that it plans to lease, according to a press release. “ARK

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Startup notches mounting losses, because as everyone knows, you’ve got to spend money to make money. But profitability looks elusive, and becomes less a question of “when?” 1, the company said that pre-tax losses for last year were 185 million pounds, up from 129 million pounds in the previous year. The public market debut?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Investors, used to a decade of better-than-expected earnings and rising stock prices at these companies, have been blindsided by unexpected bad news in earnings reports, and have knocked down the market capitalization of these companies by hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few weeks.

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Cube Software

MAY 11, 2023

No business can survive without planning. The answers—based on different sources of data like market research or historical sales information—guide internal decision-making to promote regular, sustainable growth as well as create contingency plans for worst-case or best-case scenarios. What is a pro forma financial statement?

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Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

Zomato, an Indian online food-delivery company, was opened up to public market investors on July 14, 2021, and its market debut is being watched for clues by a number of other online ventures in India, waiting in the wings to go public.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

. “India is one of the most attractive retail markets in the world, given its size and growth rate, and our investment is an opportunity to partner with the company that is leading transformation of eCommerce in the market,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement. What the Deal Will Mean. is known for. “As

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 29, 2021

I don't have an axe to grind in this fight, since I don't own GameStop or care much about hedge funds, but I am interested in how this episode will affect overall markets and whether I need to change the ways in which I invest and trade.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

The 2018 Q1 saw a combined valuation of VC investments nearing $50 billion — the fourth quarter in a row where VC funding has surpassed $45 million, KPMG noted. Though a startup could secure millions in venture capital funding, it could still take years to turn a profit. “They have systems in place that have worked for decades.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I was planning to start this post by telling you that Tesla was back in the news, but that would be misleading, since Tesla never leaves the news. My Tesla History When I write and teach valuation, I describe it as a craft, and there are very few companies that I enjoy practicing that craft more than I do with Tesla.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that Congress appears poised to pass “SECURE Act 2.0”, a series of measures that will have significant impacts on the world of retirement planning. Adam is an Associate Financial Planning Nerd at Kitces.com.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

What was the original career plan? Michael Fisch : 00:01:39 [Speaker Changed] The original career plan was to be employed and provide a safety net for my mother and my two sisters. Now one of them is public and has a market equity market cap of $35 billion. You get a Stanford MBA. So he’s buying, selling stocks.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is expanding its grocery delivery services , and curbside pickup and convenience stores are being planned nationwide. But the category of perishables marks new territory for Amazon, which The Motley Fool thinks could present a challenge and put a deep dent in short-term profits. In the U.S.,

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering , and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk capital stands in the market, right now.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

That year, I computed these industry-level statistics for five variables that I found myself using repeatedly in my valuations, and once I had them, I could not think of a good reason to keep them secret. After all, I had no plans on becoming a data service, and making them available to others cost me absolutely nothing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

billion in annual revenue, has a stock market valuation of $10 billion and an employee headcount that is expected to surpass 10,000 by the end of 2018. No more searching ‘Wayfair store near me’ or planning an all-day family trip to a furniture store to shop,” is all text that still appears on the site. Doubling Down On Tech.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this post, I will look at the levers that drive Paytm's value, and you can make your judgments on where you think this offering will lead in terms of valuation and pricing. In the decade since, that has changed, as the smart phone market has exploded to reach hundreds of millions of Indians in 2020.

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