Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by laser on Monday June 13, 2016 @08:43AM
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Well they did do $3 billion in revenue last year. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=LNKD+Income+Statement&annual
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Revenue isn't really relevant when you're losing money as fast as Linkedin. They have no real competitors, and they still aren't able to turn a profit.
Even $3 billion is to much.
They're not losing money all that fast and are spending heavily on growth. They also have a lot of money in the bank ($3.1B in cash and short term securities) so that's pretty much exactly what it's there for.
Their net income is 0.6% of their valuation.
They loss money, right?
That valuation should be for more like $3B in profit!
Based on the Yahoo link it looks like they lost money this year and last.
With a $-166 million Net Income.
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by bitmapbrother on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:16AM
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That's revenue. They made no profit for that year and actually ended up losing money.