facebook: ipo debacle
The sizzle and fizzle of the most hyped IPO
Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak had reportedly warned Mark Zuckerberg about the glitches he might face on taking Facebook public. But when the hottest and most awaited IPO finally made it to Nasdaq on Friday, May 18, the mood was ebullient. Facebook’s public debut seemed like the greatest coming-out party in Wall Street’s history. Nobody thought that the euphoria would come crashing down barely hours later. For all the frenzy and ecstasy that went into the making of the Facebook IPO, the stock’s performance on the bourse has been quite anticlimactic. In a portentous sign of all that could go wrong and take the whoop out of investors’ joy, the IPO’s execution of trade was delayed by nearly 30 minutes on the first day itself. And things have gone from bad to worse thereafter. The share price tanked by nearly 13.1% by day five of trading. Even earlier, by day three itself, it had become clear that the breathlessly hyped $16-billion IPO would face difficulty in living up to its giddy expectations. The fall in the stock’s value and the accompanying embarrassment turned decidedly disconcerting after news emerged that Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of the Facebook IPO, had played some hokey-pokey by not fully disclosing the company’s revenue forecast in the run-up to the IPO. As a result of these avoidable shenanigans, not only is the stock still trading well below its initial offering price of $38 over a week after listing, the company is also now having to contend with shareholder lawsuits and government investigations. The IPO, which was universally touted as the poster child of the business of social media, could well become the new whipping boy for more Wall Street reform. However, not all investors have lost hope. Many believe that the IPO can still take Facebook’s valuation to nearly $104 billion and churn out money in the long run. But the ranks of believers are fast diminishing.
Nokia: Troubled business
Can Nokia pull itself up again?
It has been more than two years now since Finnish handset maker Nokia began losing steam to players like Apple and Samsung. The company has lost nearly 23.8% in global handset market share. Nokia’s handset shipments stood at 82.7 million units in the 1st quarter of 2012 (down from 108.5 million units in Q1, 2011). Analysts fear that considering the rate at which Nokia is burning its cash reserves, it may not be able to ward off the risk of debt default. Just five years ago, Nokia had piled up a whopping $12.54 billion in cash reserves, but over the past five quarters, it has used up $2.7 billion to prop up its faltering business. And there could be another outgo of $2.51 billion in the next quarter. The company’s short-term bonds for 2014 have already been rated as junk by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.
The sizzle and fizzle of the most hyped IPO
Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak had reportedly warned Mark Zuckerberg about the glitches he might face on taking Facebook public. But when the hottest and most awaited IPO finally made it to Nasdaq on Friday, May 18, the mood was ebullient. Facebook’s public debut seemed like the greatest coming-out party in Wall Street’s history. Nobody thought that the euphoria would come crashing down barely hours later. For all the frenzy and ecstasy that went into the making of the Facebook IPO, the stock’s performance on the bourse has been quite anticlimactic. In a portentous sign of all that could go wrong and take the whoop out of investors’ joy, the IPO’s execution of trade was delayed by nearly 30 minutes on the first day itself. And things have gone from bad to worse thereafter. The share price tanked by nearly 13.1% by day five of trading. Even earlier, by day three itself, it had become clear that the breathlessly hyped $16-billion IPO would face difficulty in living up to its giddy expectations. The fall in the stock’s value and the accompanying embarrassment turned decidedly disconcerting after news emerged that Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of the Facebook IPO, had played some hokey-pokey by not fully disclosing the company’s revenue forecast in the run-up to the IPO. As a result of these avoidable shenanigans, not only is the stock still trading well below its initial offering price of $38 over a week after listing, the company is also now having to contend with shareholder lawsuits and government investigations. The IPO, which was universally touted as the poster child of the business of social media, could well become the new whipping boy for more Wall Street reform. However, not all investors have lost hope. Many believe that the IPO can still take Facebook’s valuation to nearly $104 billion and churn out money in the long run. But the ranks of believers are fast diminishing.
Nokia: Troubled business
Can Nokia pull itself up again?
It has been more than two years now since Finnish handset maker Nokia began losing steam to players like Apple and Samsung. The company has lost nearly 23.8% in global handset market share. Nokia’s handset shipments stood at 82.7 million units in the 1st quarter of 2012 (down from 108.5 million units in Q1, 2011). Analysts fear that considering the rate at which Nokia is burning its cash reserves, it may not be able to ward off the risk of debt default. Just five years ago, Nokia had piled up a whopping $12.54 billion in cash reserves, but over the past five quarters, it has used up $2.7 billion to prop up its faltering business. And there could be another outgo of $2.51 billion in the next quarter. The company’s short-term bonds for 2014 have already been rated as junk by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.
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