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Industry Definition. Comprised of companies that sell products through “non-store” channels, including catalogs, online sales, television, and radio Products and services are delivered through the mail
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Industry Definition • Comprised of companies that sell products through “non-store” channels, including catalogs, online sales, television, and radio • Products and services are delivered through the mail • Companies in this industry typically have low amounts of inventory and commonly act as the “middle-man” in sales transactions
Benchmark • Closing Price 1/24/2014: $16.75
NEA Multiple Buy
Sales Multiple Buy
Website Traffic Multiple • Alexa.com—ranked top 500 trafficked websites in USA • AMZN—5 • BKS—221 • AAPL—29 • EBAY—9 • Take 500 less rank to adjust size to reward more trafficked sites • purpose: find value derived from web traffic
Adjusted Alexa Buy
Conclusion and Q&A • Confidence: slim to none • Benefit from averaging multiples much larger than its own • Reason: industry definition—far too expansive • APPL one of largest market caps in world • ???