First, if you find any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, it's because English is not my native language (it's my third foreign language after German and French). In German, I've noticed a tendency to write everything in lower case. Nouns, however, should always be wirtten in capitals. If you know a little bit of German, you'll enjoy the following examples:
Die Spinnen! Die spinnen!
Warum sind füllige Frauen gut zu Vögeln? Warum sind füllige Frauen gut zu vögeln?
Er hatte liebe Genossen. Er hatte Liebe genossen.
Wäre er doch nur Dichter! Wäre er doch nur dichter!
Sich brüsten und anderem zuwenden. Sich Brüsten und anderem zuwenden.
Die nackte Sucht zu quälen. Die Nackte sucht zu quälen.
Sie konnte geschickt Blasen und Glieder behandeln. Sie konnte geschickt blasen und Glieder behandeln.
javac wrote: > [...] > Market_Cap = (total_number_of_shares * price/share ); > [...] >//Market Cap is really a useless figure.
Is it really that useless? Doesen't the Market Cap reflect the value of the company in the eyes of the investers willing to pay a certain price/share? If I want to buy a company, I have to pay the market value, that is the price/share.
I have nothing against RedHat (though I use SuSE), but IMHO a Market Cap/value of >$5B is way too high. What is the normal price tag for the takeover of a company in units of annual revenue? 5x, 10x, 20x, well I don't know, but it's certainly not >500x as suggested by the current Market Cap. Of course RedHat is supposed to grow, but there are limits.
My conclusion: the current stock price is way too high and I expect to see it tumble quite a bit
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First, if you find any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, it's because English is not my native language (it's my third foreign language after German and French).
In German, I've noticed a tendency to write everything in lower case. Nouns, however, should always be wirtten in capitals. If you know a little bit of German, you'll enjoy the following examples:
Die Spinnen!
Die spinnen!
Warum sind füllige Frauen gut zu Vögeln?
Warum sind füllige Frauen gut zu vögeln?
Er hatte liebe Genossen.
Er hatte Liebe genossen.
Wäre er doch nur Dichter!
Wäre er doch nur dichter!
Sich brüsten und anderem zuwenden.
Sich Brüsten und anderem zuwenden.
Die nackte Sucht zu quälen.
Die Nackte sucht zu quälen.
Sie konnte geschickt Blasen und Glieder behandeln.
Sie konnte geschickt blasen und Glieder behandeln.
Der Gefangene floh.
Der gefangene Floh.
Expressions I hate: I was like, she was like, he was like, ....
javac wrote: //Market Cap is really a useless figure.
> [...]
> Market_Cap = (total_number_of_shares * price/share );
> [...]
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Is it really that useless? Doesen't the Market Cap reflect the value of the company in the eyes of the investers willing to pay a certain price/share? If I want to buy a company, I have to pay the market value, that is the price/share.
I have nothing against RedHat (though I use SuSE), but IMHO a Market Cap/value of >$5B is way too high. What is the normal price tag for the takeover of a company in units of annual revenue? 5x, 10x, 20x, well I don't know, but it's certainly not >500x as suggested by the current Market Cap. Of course RedHat is supposed to grow, but there are limits.
My conclusion: the current stock price is way too high and I expect to see it tumble quite a bit
How much did RedHat sell? $10M
How much is it worth? > $5B
I know very little about economy and business, maybe that's why I don't get it.