WorkDay Inc (WDAY)

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One of the all-time bubble valuations. This ranks up there with the lunacy of the late 90's when Mark Cuban's company with less than $100 million in sales was bought for $ 5 BILLION.

40 times sales for WDAY. For the current quarter, sales aren't expected to grow more than 15% above last quarters and they lose half of every dollar they get in sales. $9 billion market cap when they lose $40 million per quarter. Little prospect it will improve anytime soon or ever.

Just for the record, the lock-up isn't as far out as some think. The B commomn can be converted at anytime and then be allowed to be sold, so in effect the majority of shares can be sold at anytime. Check company reports for that.

They won't be able to borrow any money or sell any stock. They will be lucky to get through the next 18 months without going under. Everytime time they bid a contract, Larry Ellison, of Oracle is sitting there, forcing them to underbid. That is why they are losing so much money and will continue to do so. The founders of Workday, also founded and sold Peoplesoft to Ellison in a hostile takeover. He vows to trash Workday. See the Yahoo article about his crowing about Oracle beating them in the US and shutting them out in the EU.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/larry-ellison-says-cloud-beating-231400009.html