Not exact matches
«For someone to say
valuations are higher or
lower than normal is not something I would subscribe to.»
Typically, companies with
low valuations fall less
than ones with high ratios.
Amazon is reportedly paying less
than that, which means the acquisition price is significantly
lower than the company's $ 1 billion
valuation when it raised funding last year.
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.»
A market promising 8 % returns returns would require much
lower prices
than today's gargantuan
valuations.
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.
And if you do get it done, your company will get a
lower valuation than it would in late stage private financing.
Similarly, once high - flying Twitter has a current
valuation of about $ 21 billion, about 20 percent
lower than its immediate post-IPO market cap.
By the time Box went public, however, its
valuation had dropped more
than $ 700 million to $ 1.7 billion, with shares pricing on the
low end, at $ 14.
Understandably the
valuation came in much
lower than was expected and the business owner was very disappointed.
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 Honest Co., the consumer packaged goods company co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, is raising new funding at a
valuation 57 %
lower than its last round.
But a current Softbank offer to purchase a large chunk of Uber at a discount would
lower Uber's
valuation to less
than $ 50 billion.
But it won't happen for a while for one reason: On average the folks who pocketed those nearly double - digit gains in past decades were buying at far
lower prices
than the big
valuations prevailing today.
With roughly 128 million shares left outstanding, Cloudera would have a public market
valuation of around $ 1.7 billion, which is
lower than the $ 4.1 billion
valuation it received in 2014 as part of a $ 900 million funding round.
And as so - called unicorns — private companies worth more
than $ 1 billion — struggle with
lower valuations, less potential investor cash, and more demanding investors in follow - on rounds, it should be a word of warning for startups of all kinds.
Amazon is paying less
than Emaar's offer of $ 800 million, sources said, making it
lower than the $ 1 billion
valuation at the time of Souq.com's funding round last year.
What's more, that funding round was likely a down round — when funding is raised at a
valuation lower than the previous one — according to Fortune, further highlighting the cooling of the investing climate in the tech industry.
Neither DraftKings nor Revolution would discuss
valuation, although multiple sources say that the new round values DraftKings substantially
lower than the approximately $ 2 billion post-money mark it received after raising capital in the summer of 2015.
Its initial
valuation was expected to be at least 30 %
lower than the $ 2.4 billion it commanded from private investors like TPG Capital last summer.
Despite rapidly accelerating revenue, the rate that Twitter added monthly active users slowed — less
than 4 %, to 241 million, in its first quarter as a public company, and as
low as 1.4 % in a recent quarter — worrying investors that Twitter might not be the mainstream product that its soaring
valuation promised.
In 2014 3 out of 12 exits were occurred at a
lower valuation than the previous round.
For example, enterprise software started to get over valued privately, but after several companies went public at
lower valuations than their last private rounds, the private markets corrected as well.
E-commerce company Flipkart could be preparing to raise a new round of investment at a significantly
lower valuation than its...
A down round is a venture capital industry term that denotes a fresh funding by a startup at a
lower valuation than its previous VC round.
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.
Understand also that the evidence pointing to steep market risk over the completion of this cycle is quite robust, as the
valuation criteria in the overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we now observe would be satisfied even if stocks were significantly
lower than they are at present.
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.
Markets are a bit less frothy
than they were in January, but
valuations are still elevated and volatility unusually
low.
If your
valuation is already too high then seek approval to let them invest at a price
lower than the current value.
In some cases, a
lower valuation with
lower preferred share rights may yield a higher economic outcome for common shareholders
than a higher
valuation with a high level of preferred share rights.
When I was raising money in late 1999 I had an investment team in Germany (I was in the UK) suggest that they should get a
lower valuation than others because they were ex McKinsey guys and had better access to industry.
Assuming the same future financing with a $ 12M pre-money
valuation and a $ 10 price per share, the
valuation cap would drive the conversion price given that it results in a
lower price per share
than the discount.
More often
than not though, convertible notes have both a
valuation cap and discount and will convert using whichever method gives the investor a
lower price per share.
Even if the growth rates of nominal GDP and U.S. corporate revenues (including foreign revenues) over the coming 20 years match their 4 % growth rate of the past 20 years, and even if the most reliable
valuation measures merely touch their historical norms 20 years from today, the S&P 500 Index two decades from now will trade more
than 20 %
lower than where it trades today.
In addition, our future income taxes could fluctuate because of earnings being
lower than anticipated in jurisdictions that have
lower statutory tax rates and higher
than anticipated in jurisdictions that have higher statutory tax rates, by changes in the
valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles.
This makes sense for the obvious reason that paying
lower prices /
valuations for stocks should lead to higher
than average returns just as paying higher prices /
valuations should lead to
lower than average returns.
The Saudis claim that the whole company is worth US$ 2 trillion, while most external analysts think the fair
valuation is at least US$ 500 billion
lower than that estimate.
The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession
valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less
than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession
low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market
low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.
That's a good deal
lower than the $ 1.3 billion
valuation New Relic got in April with its last round, which included investors BlackRock and Passport Capital.
The largest negative deviation was in October 1974, when the actual annual 10 - year return for the S&P 500 was about 5 %
lower than the projections that our
valuation methodology indicated a decade earlier.
The current environment of
low interest rates and elevated equity
valuations has many investors in a tight spot, as return expectations are
lower than usual for both bonds and domestic stocks.
... earnings have caught up to
valuations and risk is
lower than it was at the beginning of the year.
The Series A Preferred shall also be convertible into any future series of Preferred Stock (the «Future Preferred») under either of the following circumstances: (a) if such conversion is approved by the Board or (b) if such conversion is in connection with a future Preferred Stock equity financing in which the Company's fully diluted pre-money
valuation is greater
than the Company's fully diluted post-money
valuation immediately following the Series A Financing contemplated by this term sheet (a «Future Financing»), in either case, on a one - for - one basis (subject to anti-dilution adjustment) at the option of the holder; provided however, if such conversion is in connection with a Future Financing, that the holder may convert into shares of Future Preferred only in the event that all of such shares of Future Preferred received by the holder upon conversion are sold to an Approved Investor (as defined below) no later
than 90 days following the first closing of the Future Financing at a price per share no
lower than the price per share at which the Company sells shares of such Future Preferred in the Future Financing and, provided further, that such Approved Investor is not an affiliate, family member, or related party of the holder.
Yet structurally
lower interest rates point to sustainably higher
valuation multiples
than in the past.
he says frontier and emerging markets provide ample opportunity for investors at much
lower valuations than developed markets..
The YC documents are probably fine in situations where the investor (i) wishes to purchase equity rather
than convertible debt, (ii) is otherwise somewhat indifferent on terms other
than percentage ownership of the company, liquidation preference and right of first offer in future financings, (iii) is investing at a fairly
low valuation (i.e. a couple of million dollars), and (iv) is only investing a small amount (i.e. a couple hundred thousand dollars or less).
The prices are usually
lower than local shops and the convenience of 24/7 ordering and account management — such as online trading, record keeping, and account statements with
valuations — can't be beat.
However, I believe that companies are generally better off with convertible debt rather
than an equity financing at a
low valuation.
PayPal is apparently being valued at $ 84 per user, but there are three reasons — not even taking into account the fact that PayPal is a major success while BitGold's success is not yet assured — that BitGold's
valuation should be significantly
lower than PayPal's.