Forecast and Analysis For Linkedin
Forecast and Analysis For Linkedin
Forecast and Analysis For Linkedin
o o o o o o o LinkedIn Overview Key financials Growth Outlook Stock performance Technical Analysis Why LinkedIn Recommendation
LinkedIn Overview
General LinkedIn Network LinkedIn membership is now more than 32M+ professionals 1M+ new members every month 133 Countries 150 industries
The Company Founded 2003, HQ in Mountain View, CA Offices in San Francisco, Omaha, New York, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, London
2,447 employees
LinkedIn Corporate Solutions Offers exclusive products and services designed specifically for your corporate staffing department 700+ Corporate Customers
Greater New York City Area Greater Los Angeles Area San Francisco Bay Area Washington D.C. Metro Area Greater Chicago Area
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Information Technology & Services Computer Software Financial Services Marketing & Advertising Real Estate Hospital & Health Care Telecommunications Education Management Accounting Banking
Key financials
Ticker 52-week Vol/Avg. Mkt.cap. P/E Div/yield EPS Shares Beta Inst.own
Operating Cash Flow (NYSE:LNKD) Profit Margin 55.98 - 122.70 2,290.00/3.41M Operating Margin 11.08B Return on Assets 663.26 Operating Cash Flow Return on Equity 0.16 Debt to equity Ratio 103.30M 35%
170.08M
2.40% 5.70% 3.61%
3.75%
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Growth Outlook
o Revenue doubled in the first quarter and rose 12% sequentially. o Roughly 54% of revenue now comes from recruiter clients, about10 percentage points over 2010 levels. o Ad sales -- once more than a third of the business -now account for just 26% of revenue o Management estimates the company's immediate addressable market at $27 billion, and $80 billion over the very long term
Growth Outlook
o Adjusted profits rose even more, rising to $0.15 a share from last year's$0.06. Corporate recruiters are finding more reasons to use the system. Take a look
Segment
Hiring Solutions Marketing Solutions Premium Subscriptions
Q1 2012
$102.6 million $48.0 million $37.9 million
Q1 2011
$46.3 million $27.7 million $19.9 million
Growth
121.6% 73.3% 90.5%
Stock performance
Technical Analysis
o o o o o o o o o Moving In a Channel 50-Days SMA at 104 100-Days SMA at 88 23.60 % Retracement at 105.24 38.20% Retracement at 95.81 Support 1@105 Support2@97 Resistance1@110 Resistance@115
Analyst Summary
Strong Buy.9 Buy.0 Hold..10 Underperform..0 Sell..0
Why LinkedIn
o 115 million active users world-wide o Users 97 times more likely to have college or postgrad degree o LinkedIn is the number 2 most popular social media network o Nearly 2.5 billion people searches on LinkedIn in 2011
Why LinkedIn
61% of B2B companies acquired a customer using LinkedIn
Recommendation
o Based on a strong future growth,we expect the company to do well going forward. o Buy@103-104 o Buy on dips o We recommend that the company be kept on the watch list