"The market is signaling that it is very receptive again to these young, high-growth social media Internet companies," says Tim Loughran, finance professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Twitter's successful IPO even proved that it's irrelevant whether companies are profitable, he says.
Date: Nov 13, 2013
Category: Business
Source: Google
Carlyle Group to acquire DuPont auto paint business in $5 billion deal
Thats their business, said Tim Loughran, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dames Mendoza College of Business, referring to the recent spate of acquisitions. So why would I be surprised?
Date: Aug 30, 2012
Category: Business
Source: Google
Carlyle Group reports $59M non-cash loss in 2nd quarter
When youre up 10 percent and the market is flat over three months, thats a big success, said Tim Loughran, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business. But sometimes dull wins in the long run. It means its not a flash in the pan. Its not like they are going
"A 15 to 20 percent pop is in the realm of possibility," said Tim Loughran, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame. "Given they already moved their IPO range up and increased the size, that's bullish to begin with."
Date: May 18, 2012
Category: Business
Source: Google
Carlyle Said to Weigh Lower IPO Price at Discount to Blackstone
"It's a little bit of a harder sell than in the past," said Tim Loughran, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business in Notre Dame, Indiana. "If private equity had been doing so well they wouldn't have to be doing this discount to get people interested."
Because it could. Its fairly unusual for a company to drop a cool billion heading into its IPO, but Facebook already has a ton of cash on hand (just under $4 billion according to its S-1 filing) thanks to private share sales to Goldman Sachs, says University of Notre Dame biz prof Tim Loughran.
The Big PictureFacebook's S-1 filing was a "brilliant move," according to Tim Loughran, a finance professor at Notre Dame who has previously analyzed the initial offerings of Zynga, Groupon, LinkedIn, and other social media companies. Loughran thinks the company's IPO valuation of "only
through the documents. One reason: The company generates about $4.39 in revenue per user. "That is a surprisingly low number," said University of Notre Dame finance professor Tim Loughran, who studies IPOs. Google's annual revenue of nearly $38 billion works out to more than $30 per user of its services.