GOOG Market Cap at $93B is 10X Overvalued
This note rivals Bambi’s for brilliance and integrity. Let’s see, you meet with the whores and whisper in their ears and they forget that 177X190=33.6 followed by 9 big ZEEEERRROOOs. Ergo, Google’s market cap becomes $83 billion!!!!
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Google's Three February Catalysts
01.28.05, 9:35 AM ET
Credit Suisse First Boston said that "bottom line," investors should be buying Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) at the current valuation "before what we believe is dramatic growth ahead for the online advertising industry." CSFB slightly raised estimates and said the Internet company will see three catalysts in February. The research firm expects Google to report strong fourth-quarter results after the close of trading on Feb. 1, and estimated operating earnings of 72 cents per share on revenue of $604 million. CSFB said Google's analyst day on Feb. 9 will also boost the stock, noting that the company "remains under-owned relative to the size of the opportunity and its peers. The analyst day represents the first time, other than their key note at our December Tech Conference, the company will meet with investors in detail since the IPO. We believe that this has been one factor keeping investors on the sidelines." The firm said the final lock-up expiration for Google is Feb. 14 and while it is the largest at 177 million shares, the impact will be "negligible" because "a significant percentage" of the shares will remain locked up by the company's own vesting schedule and senior management's structured selling plans. "We believe that getting past this lock up will remove a significant risk factor from the minds of investors," CSFB said. Google, which the firm rates at "outperform," remains attractive based on valuation trades a discount to Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ), eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) and Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) based on 2006 enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization multiples, CSFB said. The firm raised the fiscal 2004 earnings estimate to $2.26 per share from $2.19, and raised the fiscal 2005 estimate to $3.01 from $3.00.