QUOTE(zamans98 @ May 20 2011, 10:01 AM)
What area being said worldwide:
People are looking to buy anything that has the words 'social networking' in it," said Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist with YCMNET Advisors in Walnut Creek, Calif., which does not own LinkedIn share
It was very reminiscent of the good old days in Silicon Valley when a company trades on sentiment, not fundamentals," Yoshikami said
But LinkedIn's spectacular first day of trading revived memories of the dot-com era of the late 1990s — a bubble that, of course, ended in disaster as technology stocks crashed in the early 2000s
The closing price gave the Mountain View, Calif., company an eye-popping market value of nearly $9 billion, 37 times 2010 revenue of $243 million. By way of comparison, job hunting site Monster.com, a product of the first Internet boom, has a market cap of $1.9 billion, a paltry 1.7 times sales
Investors are betting on the prospects of a company that has established itself as the leader in professional networking with three revenue streams: online ads, premium subscriptions and hiring tools for recruiters.
Mutual funds, pension funds and other major money managers snapped up most of LinkedIn's shares. Hot IPOs typically are sold only to investment banks' top customers.
Agree.. that's like mad gold rush..People are looking to buy anything that has the words 'social networking' in it," said Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist with YCMNET Advisors in Walnut Creek, Calif., which does not own LinkedIn share
It was very reminiscent of the good old days in Silicon Valley when a company trades on sentiment, not fundamentals," Yoshikami said
But LinkedIn's spectacular first day of trading revived memories of the dot-com era of the late 1990s — a bubble that, of course, ended in disaster as technology stocks crashed in the early 2000s
The closing price gave the Mountain View, Calif., company an eye-popping market value of nearly $9 billion, 37 times 2010 revenue of $243 million. By way of comparison, job hunting site Monster.com, a product of the first Internet boom, has a market cap of $1.9 billion, a paltry 1.7 times sales
Investors are betting on the prospects of a company that has established itself as the leader in professional networking with three revenue streams: online ads, premium subscriptions and hiring tools for recruiters.
Mutual funds, pension funds and other major money managers snapped up most of LinkedIn's shares. Hot IPOs typically are sold only to investment banks' top customers.
Closing update:
Dow 12605.32 +45.14 +0.36%
Nasdaq 2823.31 +8.31 +0.30%
S&P500 1343.60 +2.92 +0.22%
LNKD 94.25 +49.25 (+109.44%)
LinkedLn closed at 94.25. It was pretty volatile on day 1, went as high as $120. Got to be careful trading this.
This is suppose to be a $45/stock, 4.5bln value, 30x PE, at $90, it is 60x times PE.
If LinkedLn can do this on day one, think of Facebook IPO in future. That would be super massive!
May 20 2011, 10:11 AM

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