Facebook’s possible Q1 2012 IPO could be worth more than $100 billion

By on Jun 13, 2011 at 4:31 PM
Business June 13, 2011

According to CNBC, Facebook may go public during the first quarter of next year, and sources expect the company could be valued at more than $100 billion. Facebook could find an IPO more attractive once it surpasses a total of 500 investors, because after that milestone it will be required to file financial information with the SEC each quarter — otherwise known as the “500 rule” of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act. CNBC said that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, recently said that an IPO would be “the next thing that happens” and that such a move is “inevitable.”

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  • Anonymous

    Anybody that touches that IPO deserves what they get, once FB pops.

    • sirpaul

      Exactly. Facebook is huge right now, and probably will be for at least the next 5 years – but I just don’t see it as a long term investment. Obviously if they are nearing 500 investors, they have something going for them.

      • Zach

        No its not a long term investment, I agree. However it is something you buy, then everyone gets excited after it gets public, buys a ton of shares, then you sell a week or a month later….just watch, that’s exactly what will happen.

    • sirpaul

      This song springs to mind:

      www “dot” youtube “dot” com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I

  • http://profiles.google.com/rohenaz Lucas Rohenaz

    And even if I made a fortune it would feel like selling blood diamonds. Facebook deserves to crash and burn.

  • J. Williams

    Lol

  • Anonymous

    Screw facebook. Who ever has a account with them is a sucker.

    • sirpaul

      Yeah, plus it’s a huge time-waster. But you pretty much need it these days. You can’t even win a giveaway on BGR without ‘liking’ their page (speaking of giveaways…who ended up winning all the iPhones, cases etc.? Never read a story about that….hmmmm….).

  • Me

    $100 Billion? Are you kidding me? That would be 1/3 that of Apple’s Market cap, 1/2 of Microsoft’s and 7X more than Netflix!

    • sirpaul

      Yeah but do Apple, MS and Netflix have FarmVille and pokes? No? That’s what I thought.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah if they ever go public.

  • Anonymous

    the hype machine strikes again… on a whole new level.
    so sick of this train… can’t wait for it to crash and burn.

  • Anonymous

    And I read in the book “in the plex” that Facebook represented danger for google. Our opinion in the Goofan (aka Apple Hater) nation is that no one represents danger to google. Google is 100% infallible, unstoppable and unbeatable. Anyone care to challenge that?

  • Anonymous

    Facebook 2012 bubble IPO!
    Revenue of 2b and is worth as much is Intel? Lol
    Intel has rev of 53b.

    It just goes to show you that We’re see tech ipo bubble once again

  • http://www.sk1wbw.wordpress.com Wayne Williams

    All that money in valuation for a company that produces or manufactures squat.

  • http://twitter.com/MaxPayne79 MartyMar

    facebook sucks man. after 5 years i closed my account along with almost 6 million Americans in the month of may alone. i’m sure ya’ll read the report that came out with what i would say are not surprising numbers. almost 2 mill canadians closed they’re accounts as well and that’s only in the month of may again, and i’m not counting the steady decline since january amongst north american users. But it’s no ones fault but their own. they broke something that was amazing only a few years ago, now it’s only good for business owners. it’s no longer about communities and individuals. it’s just about money. and that’s why it sucks. same with apple. once it becomes only about profit margins and ceases to innovate, it ceases to exist.

  • Zach

    That’s exciting, I wonder what bank will be handling there initial public offering, I would love to have a few of those…

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