Facebook is expected to raise $5 billion with an estimated valuation of $75-100 Billion dollars later today when they file to go public. With the most hyped tech IPO since Google in 2004, how will the social networking giant compare to other tech giants on the public market?
Google
When: August 19th 2004
Suggested Price: $108-$135/share
Initial Valuation: $36 Billion
Opening Price: $85
Opening Valuation: $23 Billion
Symbol: $GOOG
Closing price on 01/31/12: $580.97/ share
Groupon
When: November 4th, 2011
Suggested Price: $16-18/share
Initial Valuation: $12 Billion
Opening Price: $20/share
Opening Valuation: $12.7 Billion
Symbol: $GRPN
Closing price on 01/31/12: $20.50/share
LinkedIn
When: May 19th,2011
Suggested Price: $32-35/share
Initial Valuation: $3 Billion
Opening Price: $45/share
Opening Valuation: $9 Billion
Symbol: $LNKD
Closing price on 01/31/12: $72.87
Apple
When: December 12th, 1980
Suggested Price: $10/share
Opening Price: $14/share
Opening Valuation: $1.7 Billion
Symbol: $AAPL
Closing price on 01/31/12: $458.41
