Facebook gave its first quarterly report as a public company yesterday, and it failed to deliver the goods. Unfortunately, but as can be expected, the MSM and the sell side have apparently failed to pick up on the most pertinent aspect of the conference call, which also happens to have been one of the first things uttered by its young CEO. To wit:
There's a whole lot more to cover from the call, but this graphica above combined with the CEO's opening comment pretty much sums it up. Go to 22:24 in the following video for more of the same, just 3 months ago! Sometimes you simply have to break things down in simple terms to get everyone to say, "Golly Gee!"
On Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:01, I penned Facebook Bubble Blowing Justification Exercises Commence Today [12], excerpted as follows...
There's an awful lot of chatter in the blogoshpere over the last 48 hours discussing the remote possibility that Morgan Stanley would be able to defend the Facebook offering as properly priced. PUHLEASE! In case my readers and subscribers don't recall my many warnings on this company and the hype job put on it by Goldman and Morgan - reference As I Promised Last Year, Facebook Is Being Proven To Be Overhyped and Overpriced! [13], let's run through a quick refresher course.
As is often said, a picture is worth more than 982 words...
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Facebook last traded during regular hours at $26 and change, although it debuted to much fanfare at $38 and rose to $42 or so. So, what did the esteemed analysts of Wall Street have to say about this investment dog?
6 Buys, 3 Neutrals
Average Price Target = $39
BofA/Merrill – Neutral - $38 PT
Goldman Sachs – Buy - $42 PT
Oppenheimer – Outperform - $41 PT
JPMorgan – Overweight - $45 PT
Piper Jaffray – Overweight - $41 PT
Wells Fargo – Outperform - $37-$40 Range
Credit Suisse – Neutral - $34 PT
Citigroup – Neutral - $35 PT
Morgan Stanley – Overweight - $38
How much does the guy who called Facebook a dog from the begininng think its worth? Again, as excerpted...
The specific, numerical, actionable answer from my team is the purview of paying subscribes [15] only, but we can always throw some common sense on the topic for free - as per pages 6 and 7 of our March Facebook valuation report -
FB IPO Analysis & Valuation Note - update with per share valuation (317.36 kB 2012-05-21 09:43:30) [16], pages 6, 7 and 10.
[17]FB IPO Analysis Valuation Note Page 06
[18]FB IPO Analysis Valuation Note Page 07
[19]FB IPO Analysis Valuation Note Page 10
Let's face it, FB was hot not only because FB was a popular destination for the social media crowd, but more so because "sheeple" not only want to follow big name brands to lose money, they need to! They need their hard earned assets removed by none other than the sell side agents doing God's work, among others. I made this perfectly clear in The World's First Phenomenally Forensic Facebook Analysis - This Is What You Need Before You Invest, Pt 1 [20]. It's as simple as this, Who are you going to believe, the sell side hype machine or your lyin' eyes (AKA, BoomBustBlog performance and accuracy)? Reference Did Reggie Middleton, a Blogger at BoomBustBlog, Best Wall Streets Best of the Best? [21] for more on the same.
Professional and institutional BoomBustBlog subscribers have access to a simplified unlocked version of the valuation model used for our Facebook analysis, available for immediate download - Facebook Valuation Model 08Feb2012 [22]. The full forensic opinion is available to all subscribers here FaceBook IPO & Valuation Note Update. [23] It is recommended that subscribers (click here to subscribe [15]) also review the original analyses (
[24]FB note final [25] 01/11/2011) as well as the following free blog posts on the topic:
- Facebook Registers The WHOLE WORLD! Or At Least They Would Have To In Order To Justify Goldman’s Pricing: Here’s What $2 Billion Or So Worth Of Goldman HNW Clients Probably Wish They Read This Time Last Week! [26]
- Facebook Becomes One Of The Most Highly Valued Media Companies In The World Thanks To Goldman, & Its Still Private! [27]
- Here’s A Look At What The Goldman FaceBook Fund Will Look Like As It Ignores The SEC & Peddles Private Shares To The Public Without Full Disclosure [28]
- The Anatomy Of The Record Bonus Pool As The Foregone Conclusion: We Plug The Numbers From Goldman’s Facebook Fund Marketing Brochure Into Our Models [29]
- Did Goldman Just Rip Its HNW and Institutional Clients Once Again? Facebook Growth Slows Pre-IPO, Just As We Warned! [30]
- The World's First Phenomenally Forensic Facebook Analysis - This Is What You Need Before You Invest, Pt 1 [20]
- The Final Facebook Forensic IPO Analysis: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly [31]