Facebook debut!

[rovo]

The listed earnings for FB are $0.31 per share for the previous 12 months. This puts the current PE at 108. PEG is unknown as there are no projections on growth rate.

Compare to Apple, Inc.

AAPL current PE is 13.7. PEG is 0.72 (value stock range). Growth rate: EPS Growth (TTM) = +95%; Revenue Growth (TTM) = +62%.

[ModE98]

See: finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/facebook-bankers-secretly-cut-facebook-revenue-estimates-middle-133648905.html

[kadee79]

And now more scuttle-butt about FB & the IPO...and the banks involved!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.

Rick Ketchum, the head of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the self-policing body for the securities industry, said Tuesday that the question is "a matter of regulatory concern" for his organization and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The top securities regulator for Massachusetts, William Galvin, said he had subpoenaed Morgan Stanley. Galvin said his office is investigating whether Morgan Stanley divulged to only some clients that one of its analysts had cut his revenue estimates for Facebook before the stock hit the market on Friday.

news.yahoo.com/regulators-probe-banks-role-facebook-ipo-040840829--finance.html

[bimetalaupt]

May 18, 2012, 12:06pm, bimetalaupt wrote:

May 18, 2012, 10:03am, bimetalaupt wrote:
from 43 open to 38.01 in minutes..

Now back to 38.61... May 18, 2012, 10:57 A.M. ET

Facebook Opens at $42.05, Gives Up All Gains at $38.01
blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily....od=yahoobarrons

What is the Beta.. Best est 3.31


with a PE of only 18.75 Google looks like cheap vs 95 or FB.. With a earning of $0.43 share.. they make five time more on me then they do in China and two time more then they do in Germany!!!..American Buying public is their greatest asset..We had the program to do this in 2001 and declined as I did not think there was enough buying powers in Pianist to pay the bills..Was I right or was I wrong.. A little of each and a little of both.

It is all about M3 and the power of M3 to grow the economy.. M3 growth of 3.3% has me wondering.. Like HNZ or PB?? I remember the hay days of the Nifty 50 and Xerox or Polaroid...then the Dot.com.. i also recall talking to my dad about valuations of the life insurance holdings I held.. Sold them at a profit before the 1972 stock market correction.. Got a great Education and started my MBA on Profits.

Well it is clear Mr. Z. will monetise the PB great PE and buy earnings like James Ling did in the 1960's...He bought everything that was cheaper then his stock. Each buy increased the income until he bought three steel firms..
OUR DCF model produced a value of $71 billion or $25.90 a share..
Best of Luck to him..
Just a thought,
BiMetalAuPt


So is it now time to buy as a very extreme high risk ( 10% gambler part of the system)
I think FTI is at $25 target for 2015!! discount it to about $13 for current!!!
Facebook, Inc. (FB)
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YES..FB HIT THE DISCOUNTED CASH-FLOW NUMBERS SO IS IT A BUY NOW???