Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ...
by protomyth on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:58PM
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Shouldn’t the title include some qualifier like “tech company”, because there are private companies like Cargill out there that have yearly revenue above $20 billion.
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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ...
by bhalperin on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:03PM
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Revenue != valuation
(but you might still be correct!)
Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ...
by protomyth on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:30PM
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I think it’s likely that a company with revenue in a year equal to another company’s total valuation might have a pretty high chance of having a higher valuation.
In 2011, Cargill was estimated to be worth $55 billion http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2011/01/20/cargill-va...
Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ...
by erikb on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:29AM
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It's actually possible that your revenue is higher than your evaluation, because evaluation is mostly based on how much profit people think you will make in the future. It's true though that companies with big revenue often also have big inventory, and considering both usually yield an evaluation higher than the revenue.