Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

In this insight, we provide a valuation analysis of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/08/snowflakes-ipo-could-value-it-as-high-as-24b-salesforce-and-berkshire-to-invest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snowflake</a> which has set its IPO price range of $75 to $85 per share. At these prices, Snowflake's market cap would range between $20.9 billion and $23.7 billion. Snowflake could raise more than $2.7 billion in this IPO and this would be one of the biggest IPOs in the U.S. stock market this year. The valuation range is a big jump from the valuation the company received earlier this year when it was valued at about $12.5 billion (raising $479 million in its Series G funding round).It was also announced that Berkshire Hathaway will invest $573 million in the Snowflake IPO, which is likely to have a big positive impact on this IPO, especially among the value-oriented investors globally. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/salesforce-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19124:1" rel="noopener">Salesforce.Com Inc (CRM US)</a>also plans to invest $250 million in the Snowflake IPO. The private placement investments by Berkshire Hathaway and Salesforce.com will be equal to the IPO price. For Berkshire Hathaway, it plans to purchase 3.125 million new shares of the company's Class A common stock (assuming $80 per share, this would represent $250 million) and an additional 4.042 million shares of the company's Class A common stock from one of the existing shareholders (assuming $80 per share, this would represent $323 million).<div class="content-highlight">Our valuation analysis suggests an EV of $37.1 billion, a market cap of $40.4 billion, and a target price of $145 per share for Snowflake. The IPO price range is from $75 to $85 per share and assuming the IPO is completed at the high end of the IPO price range, our target price would represent a 70% upside to this price level. We used fully diluted shares outstanding of 278.8 million post IPO and this resulted in a target price of $145 per share. Given the strong upside, we would take this IPO deal. In fact, we are including Snowflake in our model portfolio.</div>

In this insight, we provide a valuation analysis of Snowflake which has set its IPO price range of $75 to $85 per share. At these prices, Snowflake's market cap would range between $20.9 billion and $23.7 billion. Snowflake could raise more than $2.7 billion in this IPO and this would be one of the biggest IPOs in the U.S. stock market this year. The valuation range is a big jump from the valuation the company received earlier this year when it was valued at about $12.5 billion (raising $479 million in its Series G funding round).It was also announced that Berkshire Hathaway will invest $573 million in the Snowflake IPO, which is likely to have a big positive impact on this IPO, especially among the value-oriented investors globally. Salesforce.Com Inc (CRM US)also plans to invest $250 million in the Snowflake IPO. The private placement investments by Berkshire Hathaway and Salesforce.com will be equal to the IPO price. For Berkshire Hathaway, it plans to purchase 3.125 million new shares of the company's Class A common stock (assuming $80 per share, this would represent $250 million) and an additional 4.042 million shares of the company's Class A common stock from one of the existing shareholders (assuming $80 per share, this would represent $323 million).Our valuation analysis suggests an EV of $37.1 billion, a market cap of $40.4 billion, and a target price of $145 per share for Snowflake. The IPO price range is from $75 to $85 per share and assuming the IPO is completed at the high end of the IPO price range, our target price would represent a 70% upside to this price level. We used fully diluted shares outstanding of 278.8 million post IPO and this resulted in a target price of $145 per share. Given the strong upside, we would take this IPO deal. In fact, we are including Snowflake in our model portfolio.

Snowflake IPO - Approved by the Oracle of Omaha

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And just like that, the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq, and the Dow have reclaimed new highs despite ongoing coronavirus concerns, as a buy the dip strategy has paid off. Primarily responsible for new highs in these indexes is Technology (esp. software and semis/semi suppliers) and FAANG stocks. While these areas all remain bullish, we still have some reservations due to the massive disparity in performance between them and the Materials (XLB, XME) and Energy (RYE) Sectors, and also small-caps (IWM) which continue to hit new RS lows. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Consumer Discretionary and Financials: Homebuilding, Large-Cap, Casinos &amp; Gaming, Small-Cap, Asset Management &amp; Custody Banks, Large-Cap, and Investment Banking &amp; Brokerage, Small-Cap.

U.S. Equities: Still Bullish, With Reservations

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MongoDB, Inc. develops database software. The Company provides an open-source database platform for automating, monitoring, and deployment backups. MongoDB renders enterprise software integration, platform certification, and commercial licensing services. MongoDB serves clients worldwide.

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Snowflake IPO - Approved by the Oracle of Omaha

In this insight, we provide a valuation analysis of Snowflake which has set its IPO price range of $75 to $85 per share. At these prices,...

Douglas Kim

U.S. Equities: Still Bullish, With Reservations

And just like that, the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and the Dow have reclaimed new highs despite ongoing coronavirus concerns, as a buy the dip strategy...

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