Facebook’s Revenues

Facebook ValuationEarlier this year Mark Zuckerberg reported that Facebook revenues for 2007 were $150 million and expects that number to be $350 million (approximately $29 million/month) in 2008.According to Compete.com Facebook had almost 32 million visitors in May 2008. According to FishTrain Facebook has data center costs of approximately $26 million/year or $2,166,666.00/month.

Enter those estimates into the Bizak Calculator and you get a $0.84 EPV ($0.91 RPV – before costs) and a valuation of $1,373,999,976 (that’s billion). Much less than the estimated $15 billion valuation (based on Microsoft’s investment of $240 million for a 1.6% equity stake) but higher than YouTube’s valuation and EPV.

$15 Billion Dollar Valuation

Based on these revenue and cost estimates, Facebook needs to generate over $313 million a month in revenues (almost $4 billion/year) and have an EPV of $9.71 to have a valuation of $15 billion.

Facebook\'s $15 Billion Valuation


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