The Social Media Stock Market: The New Wave of Investing!

The Social Media Stock Market: The New Wave of Investing!: The Social Media Stock Market! By Steven Friley I have been following LinkedIn ( lnkd ) a social media company , since May 18th, 2...

The Social Media Stock Market: LinkedIn Valuation!

The Social Media Stock Market: LinkedIn Valuation!: LinkedIn – Analysis are Improving – Valuation Based on “The People Principle” LinkedIn Climbing Again as Answers to Much Need Valuation ...

Facebook Eyes $100 Billion Valuation in '12 IPO.

Facebook is reportedly targeting an initial public offering of $10 billion as early as April that would value the social-networking king at a whopping $100 billion.

The gaudy numbers being floated around for the potential IPO underscore the enormous anticipation  for a Facebook IPO, which has spawned great demand for offerings of other next-generation Internet companies like Groupon (GRPN) and LinkedIn (LNKD).

According to The Wall Street Journal, after resisting calls to go public for years, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook is targeting a time frame of April to June 2012 for an IPO.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who would make an estimated $24 billion if the company IPO’d with a $100 billion market cap, is warming to the idea of going public, but hasn’t made any final decisions, the paper reported.

Still, the company is in talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the timing of its filing and is considering filing dates as early as this year, the Journal reported.

A $100 billion valuation would mark the largest IPO price tag ever by a tech or Internet company. It would easy dwarf the largest U.S. Internet IPO: Google’s (GOOG) 2004 debut that valued the search company at $23 billion.

The Social Media Stock Market: Facebook looking at $100b IPO!

The Social Media Stock Market: Facebook looking at $100b IPO!: Facebook preparing $100B IPO Joining LinkedIn as the newly forming Social Media Stock Market is BUILDING MOMENTUM! By Steven Friley ...

Gains In Near Future?

LinkedIn (LNKD) the most hyped stock of the Social Media Stocks, and definitely the most volatile. The stock took the market by storm when it more than doubled on the day of its IPO with a mindboggling market cap of nearly $12 billion and a price of $122.70. The stock then declined by nearly 50% in approximately one month, only to recover with very strong gains.

There have been many analysts to warn investors of this stock because of its high valuation compared to its fundamentals. Yet, because of its fast growth, investors have ignored and have continued to buy the stock regardless of its high valuation. They see the true value here.

There is more here then just fundamentals at work here, and what will the growth look like when the economy turns around! Investors see this potential as well as further acquisitions.

Facebooks Potential Fall IPO Filing Will Provide Insight on Needed Valuation!

Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an IPO before 2012 itself. While valuations for the company have gone to as high as $100 billion in private markets, an initial registration statement is all it takes to provide a much clearer picture of how Facebook’s metrics are faring. Facebook leads in the global social networking arena, competing with the likes of LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LNKD) and MySpace.

LinkedIn has defied the odds!

Ken Sena, an analyst with Evercore Partners. said that despite LinkedIn's (LNKD) influx of insider shares on the market, ''there are some strong believers in the overall growth story here''.

At the outset, LinkedIn sold a small number of shares - less than 10 per cent of the total. This dearth of stock helped stoke initial demand and buffer the stock price.

On their first day of trading, LinkedIn shares jumped to $US94.25 each, from $US45.

Other technology start-ups have since followed LinkedIn's example. This month, Groupon sold 35 million shares in its initial public offering, roughly 5 per cent of the overall pool. The three-year-old daily-deals site sold its shares for $US20 but they had risen to $US26.11 by the close on the first day.

But a sudden infusion of shares into the market can dampen investor interest. In July, shares of web publishing company Demand Media dropped by more than 7 per cent after its insiders were allowed to sell their stakes.

When Google's stock lock-up ended in 2004, the company's share price dropped by 6.7 per cent.

i ASK “IS GOOGLE THE ONLY EXCEPTION ALLOWED, OR WILL LINKEDIN (LNKD) STEP UP AS THE NEW BIG BROTHER IN TOWN?”

LinkedIn has defied the odds. Attributing factor may be the 100 million subscribers.


In Comparison to Google, LinkedIn comes in with a price tag of $45.00 and 94 million shares, sporting 100 million users or (1 new user per second) as the CEO reports. The opportunity for growth is phenomenal! Debunking every negative rumor LinkedIn has remained stable. Investors are hungry for stocks they can understand and relate to and Social Media connects the investors with each other on a very personal yet professional level. Professional’s trained in evaluating the value of stocks seem to remain in a cloud of confusion as to how to evaluate the Social Media Stock Market.