Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

It succeeded spectacularly in attracting people to its platform, hitting a 100 million users in 2012, and then doubling those numbers again by 2013, when it went public ,with an initial public offering. While total user numbers have leveled off in recent years, albeit with a jump in 2021, the daily active user count has continued to climb.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Startups just in their infancy are getting attention from seed investors — but unlike the dotcom days when every idea got some form of funding, investors are being choosier, resulting in fewer deals but with the ones getting funding enjoying surging valuations. The median valuation for seed companies increased to $7 million from $4.7

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CFO News

AUGUST 1, 2023

The valuation cut comes at a time when a number of headline investors in multiple Indian startups have done the same, amid a global rout across public and private technology markets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Petco will file its initial public offering (IPO) with a valuation of almost $4 billion, according to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday (Jan. billion in 2019, with 66 percent of that number used to pay for pet food. That will come with a price-per-share of $14 to $17.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 2, 2021

Just over a week ago, I valued Zomato ahead of its market debut, and as with almost every valuation that I do on this forum, I heard from many of you. The Prelude After I posted my valuation last week, I did find some of the portrayals of my post to be a little unsettling. Let me dispel both delusions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? News about Chime ’s latest funding round might give pause when comparing the tech-savvy upstart’s valuation against some traditional banking players. billion, as CNBC reported. With the $14.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

bank Monzo , fresh off a round of layoffs, has taken a major hit from the coronavirus pandemic, as shown by a funding valuation that is 40 percent lower than its valuation last year. billion valuation a year ago, as reported by PYMNTS , while talks were in progress. Online U.K. billion, down from its $2.5

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

Lime and Bird , the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to raise more but at a lower valuation. That is under the $3 billion or higher valuations they were fetching in years past. But with the lower valuations, it appears that business is starting to fray.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? News about Chime ’s latest funding round might give pause when comparing the tech-savvy upstart’s valuation against some traditional banking players. billion, as CNBC reported. With the $14.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

The Detroit-based company is expected to market a reduced number of shares at about $18 to $20 apiece, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. Last month, Gilbert sought an IPO for $3.3 billion and offered 150 million shares for $20 to $22 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Narrative and Value As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 9, 2022

Global M&A to remain strong in 2022 as valuations reach historic highs, said Willis Towers Watson (WTW) recently. However, high valuations, deal complexity, competition for high-quality assets and pandemic-fuelled supply chain disruption will continue to have knock-on consequences for dealmakers, he noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2020

So far, Accolade has raised over $230 million with a valuation of roughly $620 million, according to PitchBook. According to its filing, one of the company’s downsides is its dependence on “a limited number of customers” for a “significant portion of our revenue.” . According to the startup, it services 53 corporate clients with 1.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

And during the kickoff to a confab that is home to big ideas, big names and perhaps no shortage of controversy, seismic changes in industry and Big Tech got some time in the spotlight — and so did valuations and IPOs. In one example, at a Nokia factory cited by Suri, productivity increased by 30 percent on the heels of automation.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 19, 2023

I must admit I was surprised by my own valuations, since, given the low riskfree rates prevailing at the time, only one stock (Apple) looked significant over valued. Clearly, much has happened since these valuations. For the latter, I am reporting on the trailing 12-month numbers, to ensure that I have the calendar year numbers.)

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

During my teaching lifetime, I have taught a wide swath of classes, ranging from banking to equity instruments, but in the last twenty years, my focus has been on three classes, c orporate finance, valuation and investment philosophies , with the last one taught only online.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this post, I will begin with a quick review of my 2021 valuation, then move on to the price action in 2021 and 2022 and then update my valuation to reflect the company’s current numbers. . My IPO Valuation. I valued Zomato, soon after it filed its prospectus for its initial public offering, in July 2021.

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CFO Simplified

AUGUST 7, 2023

This starts with discussing exit planning every 90 days to evaluate and agree upon current exit planning topics including timing, valuation requirements, exit options, opportunities to increase company valuation, and an exit or hold decision. What’s My Passion? How Can I Increase Value? What Will I Do?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the WeWork IPO – rather, the shelving of that IPO , at least for now – heralds the end of rich valuations for firms viewed as entrenched in the early stages of disruption. The $35 billion represents a jump from even earlier this year, when the company was valued at $22.5

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. firms in emerging markets or private businesses.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

As a result, the company may also strive for a higher valuation than the almost $23 billion it suggested last week when it launched its investor road show. The interest in Lyft should boost the number of shares it sells or raise the price of its shares. Tom White of D.A. Lyft has revealed that its U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

Possibly not, when it comes to valuation. The news this week that Dropbox , the file sharing firm, is coming public at well below the $10 billion it had seen in its latest fundraising round has raised much discussion about valuation. Because, of course, the numbers tell a story. Where magic abounds. High flying, or maybe not.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

My September 2020 Valuations. I must admit I was surprised by my own valuations, since, given the low riskfree rates prevailing at the time, only one stock (Apple) looked significant over valued. Clearly, much has happened since these valuations. Updating the Numbers. to 14.9%.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

In a press release, N26 said that with the Series D round of funding, it has a valuation of $2.7 It said it more than tripled the number of customers during the past twelve months and now has more than 2.3 Other investors who participated in the round include GIC — Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund — as well as existing investors.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital payments tracking software startup Stripe has reportedly garnered a valuation of $9.2 Here are the numbers: $150 million | Amount raised by Stripe in its most recent funding round. billion | Current valuation of Stripe. billion thanks to a new $150 million round of funding. 460 million | Total amount raised by Stripe.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

The table below lists my industry groups, with the number of companies in each one: I am sure that some of you will find even these industry groupings to be over-broad, but I had to make a compromise between having too many groupings, with not enough firms in each one, and too few.

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Driven Insights

MAY 26, 2022

With so many factors involved, it’s no wonder that buyers, investors, and sellers often arrive at very different numbers. Every business is unique, every deal is nuanced, and markets are constantly evolving. And, it’s no surprise that questions abound.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 23, 2023

In this post, I will begin with a historical assessment of stock returns in the recent past, then move on to evaluate the returns that investors can expect to make, given how they are priced at the start of 2022, and end with a do-it-yourself valuation of the index right now.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To put these numbers in perspective, the Mag Seven companies now have a market capitalization larger than that of all listed stocks in China, the second largest market in the world in market capitalization terms. I agree, but I remain a believer that intrinsic valuation is the only tool that you have for assessing whether g.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2022

“Tesla’s strategic use of semiconductors has lowered the number of chips required to produce vehicles” has cut lead times , and allowed the firm to make more cars with fewer chips. They also have an advantage over traditional automakers: An ability to quickly reprogram the firmware of chips.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

I must admit I was surprised by my own valuations, since, given the low riskfree rates prevailing at the time, only one stock (Apple) looked significant over valued. Clearly, much has happened since these valuations. For the latter, I am reporting on the trailing 12-month numbers, to ensure that I have the calendar year numbers.)

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. firms in emerging markets or private businesses.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2018

Electric scooter-sharing startup Bird has authorized a new $200 million round of funding that bring its valuation to around $1 billion. In late May, it was reported that the company was trying to raise $150 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. million new shares in its financing round at a value of $6.15

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

According to Lemonade, the Federal Reserve’s estimate that people under 35 usually had an $11,000 median net worth might not last forever — data shows that those numbers could grow 10 to 15 times as the customers age.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

The company, which began in 2017 as a way to sell hair loss supplements, has branched into a number of health apps that work to generate around $250 million per year, not counting the insurance, according to CNBC. Online health startup Ro is valued at $1.5 It provides patients with a remote care team for each of its services.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Practice Intel has launched a new "growth platform" centered around quantifying the quality of an advisor's client relationships with an all-in "Relationship Quality Index" (RQI) – which while potentially valuable in helping advisors understand and improve their client experience (and subsequently (..)

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