Sentences with phrase «valued by investors»

TIPS are also valued by investors for their historically low correlation with other asset classes, which can make them a good addition to a diversified portfolio.

Tinder is a year - old location - based mobile dating app that was recently valued by investors at $ 500 million.

That kind of efficiency is valued by all investors.

Theranos first came under scrutiny in October 2015, when the two - time Pulitzer - prize winning WSJ journalist John Carreyrou published an explosive investigative piece, suggesting that the company — then valued by investors at a stunning $ 9 billion — had greatly exaggerated its abilities to quickly process an expansive range of laboratory tests from a few drops of blood.

The five - year - old company which lets people summon rides at the touch of a smartphone button is valued by investors at nearly $ 51 billion, making it the world's most richly valued private company.

HONG KONG Ant Financial's rapid climb to become the world's biggest super unicorn valued by some investors at around $ 150 billion showcases investor enthusiasm for the biggest Chinese tech companies and also how quickly valuations can shift.

While 2015 has seen a surprisingly small number of tech IPOs, the number of private companies valued by investors at more than $ 1 billion has more than doubled in the past 18 months.

Not exact matches

Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks venture capital deals.

Bitcoin skidded a further 12 % on Wednesday, marking an almost halving in value from its peak price, with investors spooked by fears regulators could clamp down on the volatile cryptocurrency that skyrocketed last year.

David Jones has been been approached by a UK investor, believed to be EB Private Equity, with a takeover proposal that reportedly puts an enterprtise value on the retailer of $ 1.65 billion.

BMW i Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Toyota AI Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partnersand Next Frontier Capital.

By staying true to their beliefs and blending passion with viable products, leaders can establish values that will attract more serious investors.

Still, successful value investors look past short - term concerns to determine whether a company's balance sheet is strong, or if the market has overplayed the downside, or if it's positioned to benefit from trends overlooked by other investors.

Consumer products maker Newell Brands has agreed to add three independent directors to its board, including one proposed by hedge fund Starboard Value, ending a months - long proxy fight with the activist investor.

The forum was convened to discuss how CEOs and investors can have constructive dialogue around creating long - term value that benefits customers, employees, shareholders, and society, as opposed to embracing a toxic short - termism defined by myopic decisions.

«Right now you've got a bizarre situation where two groups of investors, one led by Carl Icahn,... the other led by Starboard Value... [are] fighting for control of Newell's future.»

While the company has routinely disavowed being a media entity for a variety of reasons (including the fact that media companies are not valued as highly by investors as technology companies), Facebook clearly plays a huge role in how people get news and information about the world.

Some investors, such as Murray Stahl of Horizon Kinetics, hypothesize that Bitcoin is worth the value of all the currency in the world — about $ 361,000 per Bitcoin, by Barron's estimates.

«If investors spent less time listening to the talking heads on BNN and CNBC and more time studying history, they would realize that there is little value added by obsessing about economic growth,» Murray Leith, an analyst at Odlum Brown in Vancouver, wrote last fall.

BP has defended its stance on boardroom pay, despite the rising ire among investors, who have seen the value of their shares drop by 24 % in the last year.

Earlier this year, activist investor Daniel Loeb pushed Honeywell to shed the business to boost shareholder value by an estimated $ 20 billion.

With help from Pitchbook, we've compiled a list of the US startups valued at more than $ 10 billion by private investors.

Many timber investors like to look at the enterprise multiple, calculated by dividing the enterprise value (EV) by earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (EBITA).

At the same time, GoPro represents a potentially good value to investors, according to at least one estimate, by private company data experts Sageworks.

And a host of hyper - valued companies had their valuations decreased by institutional investors during Q4.

A handful of quarters and dimes may not sound impressive at first, but from a big picture perspective, Apple will be sending its investors $ 13.2 billion annually — nearly 30 % of its earnings over the last four quarters, and nearly enough to match Twitter's total value by market cap: $ 14.1 billion.

Despite remarkable growth and the prevalence of its brands, however, as a public company it was never able to inspire investors, and was a perpetual underperformer: in the period between late summer of 1993 and the day before Cara announced its intention to go private last August, the value of its shares appreciated by a measly 26 %.

«Williams» discovery was to project an estimate that offers intrinsic value and it is called the «Dividend Discount Model» which is still used today by professional investors on the institutional side of markets.»

By following these seven steps and proving your company's value, growth potential, and individuality, you will be able to impress any investor and get the funding you need to take your business to the next level.

It is hard to find a winner in the coal - mining industry these days but some investors were quick to spot a Perth - based winner yesterday in the form of Wesfarmers, which saw the value of its coal assets boosted by a deal in the Hunter Valley of NSW.

Recent attempts at mega-mergers, like BHP and Potash or Xtrata and Anglo, have been found wanting by investors who viewed them as unwieldy and destructive to per - share value, and by governments and regulators who found them detrimental to competition (or politically unpopular).

Investors are betting big on Regeneron: Its market value has jumped by more than a fifth in 2017.

Twitter is an anomaly whose value has been somewhat manipulated by investment bankers, a frothy stock market that's favoring social media stocks and a sort of desperate investor longing for a return to the good old days of the first dotcom boom.

Mobileye N.V., whose collision - avoidance technology has been adopted in cars made by the likes of BMW AG and General Motors Co., said on Sunday it had raised money from five investors that valued its equity at $ 1.5 billion, highlighting the market potential for driver - assistance systems.

Professional investors put great value in their integrity, so they won't risk it by making investments that some people would view as in poor taste.

But some people worry that Valeant is what value investors might call a «value trap,» a deceptively attractive stock, at least by the numbers, that later turns out to be a money pit.

Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was sold.

And while Yahoo's $ 1.1 billion acquisition of Karp's startup has recently come under fire by activist investor Starboard Value, Karp, for his part, considers it an honor to work alongside Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer.

While those actions are targeting the private sector, decisions taken by the government during this year's stock market rout — something that wiped around $ 5 trillion from the value of Chinese listed firms — help explain why looking for signs of stock market manipulation remains a popular investment strategy, and not just from local investors.

Throughout its troubles, Uber has remained an attractive asset, valued at upwards of $ 60 billion by private investors.

A large chunk of that optimism got vaporized this week, however, as most of the major TV - related stocks got hammered by investors: In just two days, the sector lost more than $ 50 billion in market value.

It's calculated annually by dividing operating expenses by the average dollar value of the fund's assets — lowering returns for investors, which is why it's important to know.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Newell Brands is avoiding a prolonged proxy battle by agreeing with activist investor Starboard Value on two new independent directors.

Value investors might be tempted by U.S. financial stocks now that they're trading close to book vValue investors might be tempted by U.S. financial stocks now that they're trading close to book valuevalue.

Environmental, social and governance investing, or ESG, looks at the performance of a company based on the six principles laid out by the United Nations» Principles for Responsible Investment, allowing investors to align values with investments.

Simply stated, public investors think these companies are being over valued by late stage VCs.

Fair value is a tool used by investors to understand the relationship between the value of futures contracts and the current price of a stock.

«By the time companies get to market these days, the value [in a company] has largely been realized by private investors,» says Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technology Associates, a Massachusetts - based consultancy firBy the time companies get to market these days, the value [in a company] has largely been realized by private investors,» says Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technology Associates, a Massachusetts - based consultancy firby private investors,» says Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technology Associates, a Massachusetts - based consultancy firm.

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Or taking a different route entirely: In Silicon Valley, bootstrapping is typically underrated and undervalued, but it it gives founders the freedom to operate by their own rules — and protection from compromising their personal values (and health) in the name of appeasing investors.