Tuesday, February 5, 2013

FB: Why Does Facebook Trade At A 50% Discount To Its High Growth Peers?

Why Does Facebook Trade At A 50% Discount To Its High Growth Peers?
by Timothy Phillips

Facebook (FB) has developed the product of a generation and has revolutionized the way hundreds of millions of people communicate, connect and socialize on a daily basis. With over 1 billion active users, 680 million of which are active on mobile, Facebook is the best positioned company globally to monetize the trend to mobile activity. Facebook's growth accelerated in the December quarter to over 40% as its mobile revenue increased from zero earlier in the year to 23% of its total advertising revenue. This trend, along with Facebook's potential to monetize other opportunities such as e-commerce, search and cloud should have Facebook flying high with a world beating multiple. Yet, Facebook's valuation has significantly lagged all of its high growth peers. read more »

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FB: Facebook (FB) roundup: 1) 61% of respondents...

7:12 PM Facebook (FB) roundup: 1) 61% of respondents to a U.S. Pew survey said they had taken a break of at least several weeks from Facebook at some point. 28% said the site is less important to them vs. a year ago, and 12% said it's more important. U.S. Facebook users are much more lucrative than international users. 2) Instagram user photo streams are finally available on PCs. 3) A Wired article looks at how Facebook's control of user data and APIs across mobile platforms could strengthen its monetization efforts, and diminish the value of Apple and Google's platforms. Read comments

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