By Paul Simons on May 23, 2012
According to the business press, Wall Street is full of recriminations over the Facebook IPO. Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter, allegedly ignored downward revisions of forecasts from its own analysts during the roadshow pre-IPO. The top securities regulator in Massachusetts has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley as part of an investigation in to FB’s [...]
Posted in Finance, Media, News | Tagged $104bn, apple, brandz, facebook, google, investors, ipo, iPod, istrategy london, Mark Zuckerberg, morgan stanley, multiples, p/e ratios, Paul Simons, valuation, wall street
By Stuart Smith on May 4, 2012
Handily, just weeks before an IPO tipped to give Facebook a value twice that of Ford, some research has come to light underwriting investors’ colossal projection of faith. Here, to give the flavour, is Mediapost’s take on it: Social media has surpassed search, and is poised to overtake online display advertising as the No. 1 [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News, Research | Tagged Agencies, agency executives, comcast, display, facebook, ford, ipo, John Shelton, mediapost, research, search, social media, strata, valuation
By Stephen Foster on February 2, 2012
The numbers for Facebook’s forthcoming IPO (share offer) are truly staggering: the offer of a tiny tranche of stock could raise $10bn, the company might be valued at around $100bn and founder Mark Zuckerberg (pictured) will be worth around $27bn, making him one of the richest people in the world. And the company only started [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged advertising, AOL, apple, entertainment brands, facebook ipo, games developers, google, Mark Zuckerberg, payment revenue, valuation, yahoo
Recent Comments