Sentences with phrase «higher than our valuation»

This is higher than our valuation range for Elevate points (1.5 - 2.3) and comparable with the value we found from our testing.

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«For someone to say valuations are higher or lower than normal is not something I would subscribe to.»

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.

Typically, companies with low valuations fall less than ones with high ratios.

Right now, for the S&P 500, that ratio stands at more than 29, its highest valuation since 2002 and well above its historical norms.

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.

With space ventures typically defined as high risk, high reward investments, Space Angels found the companies attract valuations many times greater than a typical technology start - up.

Holmes says that number has since more than doubled — in his opinion, high enough to justify a valuation over $ 500 million.

It's definitely a high valuation level but we believe Salesforce can drive significant revenue synergies and help the MuleSoft business achieve $ 1 billion in revenue much faster than it could on a standalone basis,» Tillman said in a note Wednesday.

To justify its relatively high valuation and fend off concerns about slowing user growth, Snap has emphasized how important Snapchat is to its users, how long they spend on the app and the revenue potential of the emerging trend for young people to communicate with video rather than text.

Asia and Latin America are not risk - free, but «there seems to be sense in buying equities in these regions on similar or lower valuations than their counterparts in the developed world given that dividend growth is likely to be superior, given higher economic growth potential.»

While that's higher than peers such as Nikon and Canon, which have sales multiples closer to 1, it's still quite low compared to the valuations of other companies in the tech world.

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

Similarly, once high - flying Twitter has a current valuation of about $ 21 billion, about 20 percent lower than its immediate post-IPO market cap.

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.

Simply put, a deal that offers participating preferred stock creates a lower implied valuation for your business than a plain vanilla term sheet with no participation feature, because the investors will end up with a disporportionately higher piece of the value created.

The reasoning is that providing these services is costly, and nobody is more scrutinized in this area than their competitor Dropbox, who provides a more consumer - focused service, with a higher valuation many are questioning.

A number of other embarrassing debacles followed — including reports that Uber had used a software tool to try to deceive authorities by «hiding» rides — and ultimately resulted in a more than 20 % decrease to the once high - flying company's valuation, from around $ 70 billion to an estimated $ 54 billion.»

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.

They were found to have higher initial pre-money valuations than serial entrepreneurs: $ 12.3 million compared to $ 16.0 million for first - time founders.

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.

Daily - deal pioneer Groupon and social - gaming firm Zynga, which both achieved big valuations based on little more than high expectations, are tanking.

«Valuations are extremely high, higher than you can actually justify based on fundamentals,» Allianz CEO Oliver Bate told CNBC.

The valuation on the S&P 500 is still reasonable enough — a P / E of 16.6, based on trailing earnings, which is only slightly higher than average.

«Equity markets have really been buoyant for a long time now and valuations are extremely high, higher than you can actually justify based on fundamentals,» Allianz Chief Executive Oliver Bate told CNBC Saturday at the China Development Forum in Beijing.

The EFG Hermes survey suggests a higher valuation than some estimates by private analysts.

With Facebook, Twitter, and Zynga valuations higher than the annual GDP of many small countries, it's no wonder young entrepreneurs are chasing big dreams — and even bigger fortunes.

This also means that your pre-money valuation can't creep much higher than $ 1 million.

Spotify's valuation when it lists - expected to be within 90 days after filing — is forecast to be a few billion dollars higher than current trades, as illiquidity risk tends to depress the value ahead of listing, the sources said.

Other value managers are buying stocks at higher valuations, but Chou is a deep - value investor who tries to find bigger discounts than his peers.

The valuation was «higher than flat.»

Unlike some highly valued start ups, the valuation would be higher than the company's value in its last private round of financing.

«The concern is whether the prestige associated with reaching a sky - high valuation fast drives companies to try to appear more valuable than they actually are,» she said.

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.

At Lululemon's stock peak in the summer of 2011, the yoga - and running - gear maker commanded a market valuation that was 350 % higher than rival Under Armour.

We just completed a deal involving a foundry that wound up earning a much higher valuation for its equity than we might ever have imagined possible.

The PPS set on Thursday brought the company's valuation to $ 4.4 billion (over one - third higher than the $ 3 billion valuation received... Read More

Critics say the proposal is short on technical details, and that Telegram's high valuation is being driven by hype and speculation rather than the value of the technology.

Thus for denying shareholders a premium valuation that would have been higher than the entire industry, and the opportunity to have a stake in a new company with incredible earnings potential, Coppola now tops Cramer's Wall of Shame.

The valuation comes at $ 105 a share, which is $ 12 a share higher than its last round valuation.

Valuations are the only less - than - ideal factor, with high - yield spreads versus Treasuries — the difference between yields on comparable maturity securities — running around 400 basis points.

It's possible that investors could drive prospective returns even lower than they are now, and valuations even higher than they are now, as investors did during that bubble.

So if investors expect short - term rates to be zero for another 4 years, it would be reasonable for stocks and bonds to be about 16 % higher than historical valuation norms.

These behavioral finance influences can skew a portfolio's overall allocations toward an overemphasis of potentially higher - yielding equities that in some instances may represent more downside risk than upside potential at current valuation levels.

The result is that funds have been forced to hold on to aging portfolio companies for longer than they would like, and growing piles of unspent capital have ensured that competition for any new deals is intense, keeping valuations high.

Only Wayfair (W) and New Relic (NEWR) are currently trading at higher valuations than before they went public.

Given Lululemon's high valuation and lower margin opportunity prospects, Konik sees opportunity in other brands, particularly Under Armour because its valuations are lower than Lululemon's.

Its stock valuation has dropped by more than half since July 2015; in January, it posted its first full - year loss since 2008; and one of its many tranches of bonds — one specifically designed to be a high - risk, high - reward safety valve in times of trouble — has recently begun to crash.