Sentences with phrase «company at these high valuations»

Said differently, the only way you can expect attractive returns when paying a higher valuation is to expect the market to continue to value your company at these high valuations long into the future.

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For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

The two seemed to agree that some unicorn companies» high valuations are more tied to flexibility at the negotiating table than to underlying value.

They came in with a product the Sharks didn't understand and tried to raise at a valuation higher than any other company to appear on Shark Tank ever had.

When Facebook took on its first round of financing in 2005, for $ 13 million, Parker pushed for a high valuation of the company»» about $ 100 million at the time.

An early stage company raising a venture round at a very high valuation means that VCs / Angels are willing to bet long on the business.

Comparable companies for both the timeshare and hotel - brand businesses are trading at higher valuations, he said.

Investors in highly valued start - ups have been concerned about the willingness of public market investors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fund manager.

The company priced its IPO higher than expected at $ 12.50 per share, a $ 1 billion valuation.

The company plans to sell shares at between $ 12 and $ 14, which Fortune calculates would place Twilio at a public market capitalization of around $ 1.07 billion, which is higher than its last private market valuation.

«Nowadays,» say the two experts, «valuations are much more sober: the average NASDAQ - listed company today trades at around 21x PE, and even high - flying companies such as Apple, the most valuable company ever, trades at only 15x PE.»

The last thing a founder wants is to push hard for a high valuation at the start, only to have the investors write the company off down the road because they don't have much to gain anymore.

«They are raising now at a higher valuation, but if you were to say «here is what the New York and San Francisco markets are really worth in full legal compliance» and then re-run the numbers — however they do it — I don't know that they are still that $ 30 billion company,» Tusk was quoted by CNBC as saying.

Miller expects such growth to continue, making the company a good buy even at its relatively high valuation of 26 times fiscal 2017 earnings.

New York - based Internet retailer Fab took in the highest amount in a single funding round, getting $ 150 million in June to put the company's overall valuation at more than $ 1 billion.

Kostin also outlined three strategies: Secular growth, or companies where sales growth is expected to rise at least 10 percent for multiple years without high valuations; firms that are investing in capital expenditures and research and development; and companies with a strong chance to be acquired.

The latest report departs from previous estimates pegging the company's value during an IPO at $ 25 to $ 35 billion, higher than the $ 20 billion valuation Snap received when it raised funding earlier this year.

Salesforce's highest - valued company, Dropbox, is currently valued at $ 10 billion, while Google Ventures portfolio company Uber has a $ 41 billion valuation.

Less than two years ago, the company was riding high, experiencing explosive growth, but things peaked in the summer of 2013, when it raised $ 150 million in funding at a valuation of $ 1 billion.

Its valuation is higher than the market capitalization of at least 70 % of the companies in the Fortune 500.

When you raise capital at a high valuation early on, your investors are most likely going to take a board seat for your company.

Pinterest Inc. the online scrapbooking company, is seeking to raise funding at a valuation of about $ 11 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, continuing the soaring values of a group of high - profile technology startups.

Technology companies are starting to take a more cautious approach compared with the go - go funding mantra of the past several years, when startups raised as much capital as they could at the highest valuations possible.

Some early - stage companies might have a high valuation when you look at their relatively small asset and revenue base because they have the potential to grow very quickly or there are high margins in their business.

Gouw, along with ForeScout Chief Executive Officer Michael DeCesare, said the company could have raised at a higher valuation.

If company goes on to raise the next round at a high valuation, the investor doesn't get any increase in that value.

So in 2011 as a startup company if you can generate lots of demand you can definitely raise an A round of capital (say $ 3 million) at a $ 7 or 8 million pre-money valuation or slightly higher whereas just two years ago you would have struggled.

«GM trades at a significant discount to its intrinsic value despite the company's strong operating performance... By placing what we believe are conservative valuations on each component, it's easy to get a value that is 27 % to 79 % higher than the current share price.

Technology companies have increasingly deferred initial public offerings (IPO), electing to raise sizable amounts of capital from private markets at high valuations.

Using private market valuations that were available at the time for Gannett's high quality TV stations and marking to market the company's investments in CareerBuilder and other internet companies, an investor could have concluded that those assets alone where worth north of $ 11 a share at the time.

There is some downside, such as the fact that the company is solely dependent on the oil and gas industry, whereas some peers have also diversified into high - margin industrial and specialty products, but shares trade at comparable valuation metrics to peers nonetheless.

Simply assuming a company can grow earnings at high rates into the future, and then relying on a valuation based on those optimistic forecasts, exposes the investor to undue capital risk should those optimistic forecasts not be met.

With market setting all time highs, it's getting difficult to find companies at fair valuation.

If Viscount is successful on either front, the company will be able to raise its next round of capital at a significantly higher valuation.

Ranger aims to preserve and grow capital by utilizing a bottom - up, fundamental research process to identify growing, high quality companies that can be purchased at attractive valuations.

Why would smart institutional money invest in such companies at what seems unreasonably high valuations?

Grainger's 10 - year average P / E ratio has been 19.0 (see the dark blue box in the right panel), meaning that the market has tended to value it about 27 % higher than the historic valuation of all the companies at 15.0.

Overpaying may be harmful not only to the investors who will find it difficult to achieve their targeted ROI, but may also impact badly on the company itself: Many «unicorns» — who raise more and more capital at higher and higher valuations — are a great example of this, because when (and if) the time comes for their IPO, it's highly likely that they may not be able to live up to their inflated valuation.

At first, this may seem contradictory, but a company that can earn more with less should actually have a higher valuation.

Companies led by non-founder CEOs were associated with marginally higher valuations and value when we looked only at M&A events.

These two credit card companies are trading at high valuations after market - crushing runs, but in...

A non-obvious consequence is that although people raise more money at higher valuations, they still end up selling much more of the company.

Ferragamo May Seek Higher IPO Rating Than Prada (Bloomberg)» [Salvatore Ferragamo] may seek a higher valuation multiple than its bigger rival Prada SpA... [the company] may be valued at as much as 2.25 billion euros ($ 3.2 billion), or 26 times estimated 2012 profit.&Higher IPO Rating Than Prada (Bloomberg)» [Salvatore Ferragamo] may seek a higher valuation multiple than its bigger rival Prada SpA... [the company] may be valued at as much as 2.25 billion euros ($ 3.2 billion), or 26 times estimated 2012 profit.&higher valuation multiple than its bigger rival Prada SpA... [the company] may be valued at as much as 2.25 billion euros ($ 3.2 billion), or 26 times estimated 2012 profit.»

Ranger aims to preserve and grow capital by utilizing a bottom - up, fundamental research process to identify growing, high quality companies that can be purchased at attractive valuations.

I'd rather find companies that are consistent, easy to analyze, are highly likely to have higher earnings in the future than they have today, and then buy those stocks at reasonable valuations.

What it also says, though, is that Buffett continues to stick to what he does and knows best: buying high - quality companies at reasonable valuations.

Today, the Sensex is at its all - time high with several companies reaching maximum valuations.

One of the ways we can do this is to take the median valuation of the companies in the S&P 500 Index (that is, the P / E at which half the stocks have higher valuations and half have lower valuations).

At 28.93, the «Shiller P / E ratio», which looks at company valuations over a longer - term, 10 - year period and adjusts for inflation, is at the highest level EVER, except for two occasions again... 2000 crash and do not want to say the 1929 crasAt 28.93, the «Shiller P / E ratio», which looks at company valuations over a longer - term, 10 - year period and adjusts for inflation, is at the highest level EVER, except for two occasions again... 2000 crash and do not want to say the 1929 crasat company valuations over a longer - term, 10 - year period and adjusts for inflation, is at the highest level EVER, except for two occasions again... 2000 crash and do not want to say the 1929 crasat the highest level EVER, except for two occasions again... 2000 crash and do not want to say the 1929 crash.

Many high quality companies are trading at valuations right now that may lead to slightly disappointing total returns over the short - term.