Musings on Markets: FANGAM Stock Valuations and Investment Analysis (February 2022)
Damodaran revalues the six largest US tech stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Apple, Microsoft) in February 2022, analyzing their financial performance over 18 months and assessing their investment appeal based on updated narratives around privacy, competition, and regulatory pressure. He concludes that Facebook appears undervalued despite muddled messaging, Netflix remains overvalued despite recent declines, Microsoft and Apple warrant holding, Amazon is attractive for re-entry, and Google is overvalued relative to its strong performance.
Metrics in this report
68.7billion USD
Microsoft all-cash acquisition announced in late 2021/early 2022
25billion USD
Disney Plus content spend in 2021
17.7billion USD
Netflix content costs in 2021
14.9percent
End of 2019; FANGAM market cap increased from 6.5% in 2010
2.2trillion USD
Baseline for assessing Activision deal size relative to Microsoft's scale