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Ronnie Rogers |
posted 05-25-1999 10:08 AM
 
Toys R Us is expecting to pass eToys by the end of this year. I don't think this will be another Amazon vs. Barnes and Noble, because Amazon had a huge lead in that one. This one is a dead heat from the start, except that Toys R Us has huge offline advantages it can leverage. |
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dude |
posted 05-24-1999 04:27 PM
The real question is how costly would it be for Toys R Us to catch up to eToys online. The answer is probably $400-500 million. So a market cap of $7 billion just doesn't make sense. |
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Lee R |
posted 05-24-1999 02:10 PM
eToys dropped 5 on Friday and 8 so far today. At this rate I'll be ready to buy in about two weeks  |
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vivid |
posted 05-24-1999 02:09 PM
Last I checked, shares of eToys were down to around 59. That's a pretty huge drop-off, especially for a high-flying Internet company in its second day of trading, no? |
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Scott McCormick |
posted 05-24-1999 08:38 AM
The $8 billion market cap doesn't even include the 15 million options and 19 million shares associated with its recent purchase of BabyCenter. I'm looking forward to shorting this one when shares become available. |
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InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator |
posted 05-23-1999 09:39 PM
Here's an article about the eToys IPO: http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19800.html |
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Bill Tarr |
posted 05-21-1999 10:58 AM
I think part of the run-up was due to an analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners (who?) being misquoted. He said he could see eToys reaching revenues of $10 billion in 10 years. Some articles I saw later in the day from usually reliable sources 'paraphrased' this to mean that eToys could be worth $10 billion now. Just to clarify: (1) Market cap does not equal revenues. (2) Now does not equal ten years from now. |
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Zombie Shakespeare |
posted 05-21-1999 09:17 AM
Get this: eToys now has a market cap of $7.78 billion, $2 billion more than Toys 'R' Us' market cap of $5.65 billion. HOWEVER: In the fiscal year ended March 31, eToys had $30 million in sales and losses of around $28.6 million, while Toys 'R' Us in its year ended January 30 had sales of $11.2 billion and earnings of $376 million. |
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Bill Tarr |
posted 05-21-1999 09:06 AM
Volume in the first hour of trading was 7.7 million shares. Can you say "flipping"? |
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Trader Joe |
posted 05-20-1999 01:53 PM
dude, you weren't far off. It first traded at 78. Ho hum... |
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dude |
posted 05-19-1999 06:14 PM
Gazing into my crystal ball, I see that internet IPO first trade = 3 * offering price. So this one will open around 60. I would peg the post-offering true value of this company at a little above $158.1 million |
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gatsby |
posted 05-19-1999 05:09 PM
Actually, according to ipocentral, the numbers seemed to have increased (and the ipo is still currently planned for this week, just don't know when): 8.32million shares will be offered, priced between $18-$20 (as opposed to $10-$12) for a total Offering amount of $158.1million. Not bad, the price and total $ amount has almost doubled. That's a pretty good sign, eh? |
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infooverload |
posted 05-17-1999 12:52 PM
eToys finally is scheduled to have their ipo this week. They are offering 8.2 million shares in hopes of raising $90.2 million at an expected price range of $10-$12. Don't know which day yet though. I wonder if it's a good sign or bad sign that they postponed originally. Nice underwriters though: Goldman, BancBoston, DLJ, and Merrill. |
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techwatcher |
posted 05-16-1999 10:53 AM
If Mattel only sells its own toys, I don't think it will pose much of a problem for eToys, as long as eToys offers toys from Mattel as well as all the other toy manufacturers. |
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Ronnie Rogers |
posted 05-15-1999 11:24 AM
Mattel announced an aggressive plan to sell its full line of toys on its web site, http://www.mattel.com This could spell trouble for eToys. |
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