Sentences with phrase «valuations of»

More recently, though, TIIS market liquidity and the breadth of investor participation have increased markedly, and the valuations of TIIS relative to nominal Treasury securities appear to have improved.

Event - driven and long short equity managers, for instance, have overall seen rosier average gains over the past 12 — 18 months on the back of investors» growing focus on company - specific events, earnings growth, balance sheets and valuations of individual securities across different sectors and regions.

The New Banks have kept their corporate cash cows afloat while window - dressing owners» equity with unrealistic valuations of consumer debts that can not be paid, except at the cost of bankrupting the economy.

But two of the city's hottest technology start - ups, Twitter and Zynga, are threatening to leave San Francisco unless they get a break from a city payroll tax that could, given the estimated multibillion - dollar valuations of the two companies, amount to tens of millions of dollars.

Mutual funds such as Fidelity that own Uber shares have not changed their own internal valuations of its stock, as they disclosed in new filings this week.

With all the bombastic talk of millions in funding and unicorn companies with valuations of more than $ 1 billion, it appears things are not as flush for disruptive startups as they seem.

Among so - called unicorns, tech startups with valuations of more than $ 1 billion, Airbnb trails only Uber (reportedly close to closing a new round of funding at a value of $ 50 billion) and Chinese phone - maker Xiaomi ($ 46 billion).

The bubble is certainly starting to emerge and can be seen in valuations of publicly traded SaaS companies.

Following a series D round of funding to the tune of $ 135 million in June, the startup announced its $ 2 billion valuation, making it one of tech's growing number of unicorns: privately held companies with valuations of $ 1 billion or more.

Valuations of risky assets are still stretched, and liquidity mismatches, leverage, and other factors could amplify asset price moves and their impact on the financial system.

And the four big banks are trading at even lower valuations of between 6 and 7.5 times earnings.

«Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.»

As these technologies are proved out, they'll disrupt the entire industry, creating buying opportunities not just in new spaces but also putting stress on the valuations of traditional companies.

IPOs started to dry up in the middle of last year, notes Paragon; valuations of unicorn startups (valued at more than $ 1 billion) dropped, and employment declined.

Yesterday I came across this piece by Kathleen Gallagher of the Journal Sentinel in which Madison, Wis. - based Investment manager John C. Thompson reviews a collection of stocks that remind him of the early valuations of tech firms like Cisco and Amazon.com.

He has his livelihood and the valuations of his investments to think about.

The valuations of assets in the U.S. and Europe are attractive.

The death of the Unicorns, those startup companies with valuations of $ 1 billion or higher, have been the talk of Silicon Valley for the past several months.

And, as I noted in the earlier post, the stakes are positively enormous, potentially affecting billions of dollars in future revenue, to say nothing of the valuations of several companies that have already launched to take advantage of this approach.

«I don't bring anything to that game at all,» he said, noting that the valuations of many tech startups are «nose - bleed» by Berkshire's standards.

A driving force behind the ballooning valuations of media startups is the narrative they're telling about their technology.

Others argued over the valuations of various international subsidiaries and assets, such as intellectual property and the growing Asian business.

Over the past couple of years, dozens of companies have joined the coveted «unicorn» club by achieving valuations of $ 1 billion of more, but a chill seems to be setting over the industry.

Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of digital agency VaynerMedia, talks about how to choose a startup location, valuations of big name social media companies, and more.

He has noticed that there is a bubble, but says it's mainly confined to valuations of tech unicorns.

Currently there are 142 startups with valuations of $ 1 billion or more, according to venture capital research firm CBInsights.

Little wonder that Renaissance Capital, which provides valuations of IPOs to institutional clients, wrote that «Spotify could be worth $ 25 billion.

For the uninitiated, «Unicorns» are tech startups that have received valuations of $ 1 billion or more from venture capitalists.

The Palo Alto - based company is a member of Fortune's Unicorn List, which tracks startups with reported valuations of more than $ 1 billion.

Speaking Thursday on «Squawk on the Street,» George said despite thoughts the merger would happen in recent years, now was the right time because of the relative valuations of the two companies.

The startup is a member of Fortune's Unicorn List of startups with reported valuations of over $ 1 billion.

Public market investors have hotly rejected the valuations of some tech companies.

During the late»90s, Silicon Valley venture capitalists and New York City investment bankers used phrases such as «monetizing eyeballs,» «stickiness,» and «B2C» to justify the ridiculous valuations of internet companies.

That raises the overall valuations of whole sectors, and everyone wants their own piece.

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.

Over the past decade, about 150 companies have achieved skyrocketing valuations of $ 1 billion or more.

Medved is one of the more successful VCs — over the past 20 years, he has helped bring 11 companies to valuations of more than $ 100 million, with some of his more notable investments including Shopping.com (acquired by eBay) and Answers.com (acquired by Summit).

For many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year before?

However, the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate in mid-December, which is likely to have a direct impact on fundraising and force down the high valuations of many of these late - stage private companies, venture capitalists and economists say.

Predictably, more big deals means more companies with so - called unicorn valuations of at least $ 1 billion.

Dropbox has a private valuation of $ 10 billion, and though it's uncertain whether it will be able to initially sell shares above it, the stock could trade higher once it's public.

London - based Revolut raised $ 250 million and attained a valuation of $ 1.7 billion.

Right now, Snapchat has a sky - high valuation of $ 15 billion.

And although BlackRock cut its valuation of its shares in the company by 25 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal, Dropbox has a whopping 400 million customers and some eight million companies using its services.

In practice Lyft, with a present valuation of $ 5.5 billion, looks like a smaller Uber, last valued at $ 66 billion.

The 12 - year - old company, which calls itself «the front page of the internet» and boasts more than 300 million monthly users, has raised an additional $ 200 million in venture capital funding that gives Reddit a valuation of nearly $ 1.8 billion.

Smith, 38, is the cofounder and CEO of Qualtrics, an online survey company with 1,200 employees and a valuation of more than $ 1 billion.

Investors have been saying, WeLike to WeWork: This year Neumann and his coworking company raised an additional $ 2.5 billion in funding — much of which is earmarked toward aggressive expansion in Asia — at a valuation of $ 20 billion.

That may be why WeWork has a tech - level valuation of $ 20 billion — though skeptics question whether it should be treated like a tech company, given that real estate is so integral to its main product.

The company says it aims to raise roughly one billion euros ($ 1.1 billion) in the IPO, which would give it a valuation of 4.4 billion euros ($ 4.9 billion).