Facebook IPO: Is It Worth It?

Facebook Financial Summary:

Jan. 2011 – Sept. 2011

Assets: $5.6 billion
Cash/cash equivalents: $3.5 billion
Debt: $0
Shareholder equity: $4.5 billion

Operating cash flow: $1 billion
Revenue: $2.5 billion
Operating income: $1.2 billion
Net income: $714 million

Ownership:

  • Employees 30%
  • Mark Zuckerberg 24%
  • Digital Sky Technologies 10%
  • Accel Partners 8% (had 10% but sold 2%)
  • Dustin Moskowitz 6%
  • Eduardo Saverin 5%
  • Sean Parker 4%
  • Goldman Sachs clients 3%
  • Microsoft 1.3%
  • Peter Thiel and/or Clarium Capital 3%
  • Greylock Partners 1.4%
  • Meritech Capital Partners 1.6%
  • Chris Hughes 1 %
  • Li Ka-shing .75%
  • Interpublic Group .50%
  • Goldman Sachs .8%

[Source: All figures via a ...

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NASDAQ: Good Stocks to Buy Before 2012

NASDAQ

 

Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP)

Leap Wireless International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital wireless services under the “Cricket” brand name in the United States. LEAP was upgraded by analysts at Mizuho from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. The analysts now have a $9.50 price target on the stock, up previously from $8.00.

Snapshot:

  • Dec. 16 Close: $8.07
  • Day’s Range: 8.05 – 8.59
  • Volume: 1,679,153
  • Avg. Vol. (3m): ...
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NYSE: Good Stocks to Buy Before 2012

NYSE

 

 

Elan Corp. (NYSE: ELN)

ELN operates as a neuroscience-based biotechnology company primarily in Ireland and the United States. ELN was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating last week. ELN has a 1 year target price estimate of 14.25.

Snapshot:

  • Dec. 16 Close: $11.82
  • Day’s Range: 11.57 – 11.94
  • Volume: 3,224,220
  • Avg. Vol. (3m): 2,617,180
  • Market Cap: $6.95B
  • EPS (ttm): 1.09
  • P/E (ttm): 10.85

 

ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC)

ITC Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages ...

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Tech News – December 16

ZNGA sold 100 million shares at $10 a share last night. It starts trading today on the NASDAQ.

RIMM delivered another stinker of an earnings report. The big problem was guidance, and the future of the company. The new BlackBerrys that are supposed to save the company won’t be out until the end of 2012.

RIMM‘s CEOs are also lowering their base salary to a dollar as a way of sharing the pain with investors.

Wall Street is “throwing in the towel” on ...

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Stocks of Note: AMWI, Upgrades, Downgrades and New Coverages

A very big, very busy week on Wall Street got off to a negative start thanks to a new batch of negative headlines out of Europe and a profit warning from Intel which affected the stock market today. The DJIA dropped 222 points in midday trading. The euro fell more than 1 percent against the dollar and the yields on Italian government bonds rose sharply as investors became more nervous about that nation’s debt burden.

Financial stocks fell sharply in the stock market ...

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Stocks of Note: AMWI, Upgrades, Downgrades and New Coverages

Amwest Imaging, Inc. (OTC: AMWI) went as high as $1.38 today on extremely heavy volume in the stock market today. Those who took the alert on Novemebr 21st by us have made over 700% profits. AMWI still has a long way to go before reaching the $12.00 target that the street has for it.

“With headline reports from Security News Daily like ‘2011 Set to be the Worst Year Ever for Security Breaches,’ and the list ...

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Stocks of Note: Upgrades, Downgrades & New Coverages

 

American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) shares rose again in the stock market today making it more than a 400% gain since November 29th when shares were trading at $0.21.

Shares in Amwest Imaging (OTC: AMWI) again rose on volume of over 22 million shares traded in the stock market today. AMWI.OB is up over 220% since we profiled it on November 25th.

Here are today’s analysts’ upgrades, downgrades and new coverage:

Analyst Ratings

Upgrades

  • Aon Co. (NYSE: AON) was upgraded by analysts at RBC Capital from a “sector ...
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Stocks For 2012: Top 10 “Buy” Blue-Chips

Listed below are the top 10 stocks for 2012:

10.  Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL):  Provides electric and natural gas services. The company offers a variety of energy-related services, including generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas throughout the United States. Xcel utilities serve customers in portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.  Shares are up over 10% year-to-date.

9.  Altria (NYSE:MO):  The company, through subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products, including cigars and pipe tobacco.  ...

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Stocks of Note: Upgrades, Downgrades and New Coverages

In the stock market today, many are doing a touchdown dance in celebration.

The NFL’s Green Bay Packers, whose Wisconsin hometown is the smallest of any club in big-league professional sports, have offered an initial 250,000 shares to raise funds for redevelopment of its Lambeau Field. Each share is priced at $250.

The sale is limited to 200 shares per person, an amount that includes shares bought in the team’s last stock offering, launched in 1997.

Also in the stock market today, AMWI is at ...

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10 Tech Companies with Significant Buying by Insiders

In the stock market today, the following companies in the Tech Sector have seen the most significant buying from corporate insiders in the past few months:

Bitstream Inc. (BITS) has lost 25.03% over the last year.
BITS, software development company, provides mobile browsing, fonts and font rendering, and automated marketing communication and print production solutions. BITS market cap as of 12:00 noon, Friday December 2, ...

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