Microsoft set to buy Yahoo?

It looks like Microsoft is looking to buy Yahoo for $80 billion.

My guess is that Ballmer will eventually get a deal.
But it'll cost $100 billion.

IF it happens...I'd agree with you

What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy?

Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

Yahoo's market cap is currently $58 billion.

Annual revenue is $4.83 billion.
Qtrly revenue growth is 46.7%.

Yahoo's total cash is $3.18 billion.

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Google's market cap is currently $128 billion

Annual revenue is $5.25 billion.
Qtrly revenue growth is 95.9%.

Google's total cash is $7.63 billion.

Harlequin wrote:

What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy?

Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

Only if you use finances to measure the value of the company.

And, frankly, that's the last thing Microsoft is interested in.

If you compare AOL And Yahoo!, they are both very similar. They are both ISPs who cater to the "less technologically inclined," have strong media connections, and have a rapidly developing online presence?

So why did Microsoft want to but AOL?

I'm not entirely sure - I didn't follow the story very closely - but one measure of worth (and the reason eBay payed several billion for Skype) is the number of suscribers.

If it costs you $50 per suscriber - which isn't unreasonable - than the value of the network of 70 million people who use Skype is worth $3.5 billion. Now, I've looked a bit into Skype and I don't think that's the only reason eBay bought Skype by any stretch of the imagination, but it's an example of worth.

Does anyone know why Microsoft wanted to buy AOL? I'd be interested to find out; I doubt it's as simplistic as suscriber count. And $80 billion is not a trivial amount of money, even to Microsoft.

Michael Griffiths wrote:

Harlequin wrote:What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy? Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

Only if you use finances to measure the value of the company.

And, frankly, that's the last thing Microsoft is interested in.

If you compare AOL And Yahoo!, they are both very similar. They are both ISPs who cater to the "less technologically inclined," have strong media connections, and have a rapidly developing online presence?

So why did Microsoft want to but AOL?

I'm not entirely sure - I didn't follow the story very closely - but one measure of worth (and the reason eBay payed several billion for Skype) is the number of suscribers.

If it costs you $50 per suscriber - which isn't unreasonable - than the value of the network of 70 million people who use Skype is worth $3.5 billion. Now, I've looked a bit into Skype and I don't think that's the only reason eBay bought Skype by any stretch of the imagination, but it's an example of worth.

Does anyone know why Microsoft wanted to buy AOL? I'd be interested to find out; I doubt it's as simplistic as suscriber count. And $80 billion is not a trivial amount of money, even to Microsoft.

I think Yahoo does not worth $80 billion.
MS already has strong media content, NBC.
Yahoo search is SUCK, MSN search would be better than Yahoo search MUCH, it's my personal experience, I used to google, when Google is blocked, I will use MSN search, when MSN search is blocked, then I will use Yahoo search, when Yahoo search is blocked(never happend ), I will use Baidu search.

Michael Griffiths wrote:

Harlequin wrote: What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy? Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

Only if you use finances to measure the value of the company.

I totally agree with you Mr. Michael Griffiths
Yahoo is a big name if you own it
 WOW you really get lucky !


Thanks

candseeme wrote:

Michael Griffiths wrote: Harlequin wrote: What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy? Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please.... Only if you use finances to measure the value of the company.

I totally agree with you Mr. Michael Griffiths
Yahoo is a big name if you own it
 WOW you really get lucky !


Thanks

Yahoo was a big name(past tense), its tech was out of date after Google came in, it's junk stocks, bubble, you know.

Harlequin wrote:

What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy?

Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

If Yahoo had the same PE as Microsoft it world be valued at 33B.

If Yahoo had the same PE as Google  it would be valued at 146B, therefore i'm sure the management of yahoo are thinking 100B is a bargin ...

Ignoring whether or not there is any truth to this rumor, this sounds to me like, "if you cannot beat 'em, buy 'em".  In other words, if Microsoft buys Yahoo, it indirectly states to me that Microsoft cannot beat Google on its own.

jkwuc89 wrote:

Ignoring whether or not there is any truth to this rumor, this sounds to me like, "if you cannot beat 'em, buy 'em".  In other words, if Microsoft buys Yahoo, it indirectly states to me that Microsoft cannot beat Google on its own.

Just like Google cannot "beat" Microsoft without stealing their employees (c.f. mr. Lee, mr. Bosworth, mr. Lucovsky, mr. Beda, etc etc)

<rolleyes>

Harlequin wrote:

What profits does Yahoo bring in annualy?

Edit: Last quarter $800M. This company is NOT worth $100B. I know it's more about profits in a value of a company, but please....

Question is, not what is the company worth now, rather, what is it worth in the hands of Microsoft?

It is not quite plain sailing on the MSNBC partnership.... NBC bought out the MS part of the cable business on December 23rd, they will continue to share the website MSNBC.com though.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6295482.html?display=Breaking%2BNews&referral=SUPP