The world is anticipating Facebook to file for an initial public providing on, and most indicators purpose to $10 billion in stock and a valuation at over $100 billion.
Just how did our very little standing updates and vacation photos become what is going to doubtless be the most important tech IPO in history (and a valuation that rivals a number of the world’s biggest multinational banks and telecoms)?
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 made to last. Its ad revenue so much surpasses its social network contemporaries, its user base is projected to grow in 2012, and its revenue per employee and per user is on a gradual upward climb.
But pause a flash to contemplate the ratio of income to price. because the graphic below points out, if we have a tendency to were to project, say, Apple’s valuation on an equivalent scale, the electronics maker would be value a minimum of $2.2 trillion — a ridiculous range, to mention the smallest amount. will a perspective like that indicate a dangerous gulf between perceived and actual value? And are crazy-big IPOs like this another sign of Dot Com Bubble 2.0?
Scope the stats yourself and allow us to apprehend where you land within the comments section.
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