Twitter IPO raises $1.82bn with higher value than Facebook
Twitter raised $1.82 billion in its initial public offering, seizing on surging investor demand to price at a more expensive valuation than rival Facebook.
Twitter raised $1.82 billion in its initial public offering, seizing on surging investor demand to price at a more expensive valuation than rival Facebook.
Twitter yesterday sold 70 million shares at $26 each, putting the microblogging service at 12.4 times estimated 2014 sales of $1.14 billion, according to analyst projections compiled by Bloomberg. That is higher than the 11.6 times that Facebook was trading at yesterday and similar to LinkedIn’s multiple of 12.2 times sales.
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