aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com · 2022-02-12 · 1573d

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.

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Activision Blizzard Acquisition Price

68.7billion USD

Microsoft all-cash acquisition announced in late 2021/early 2022

Content Spending

25billion USD

Disney Plus content spend in 2021

Content Spending

17.7billion USD

Netflix content costs in 2021

FANGAM Market Cap Share of US Equities

14.9percent

End of 2019; FANGAM market cap increased from 6.5% in 2010

Microsoft Market Capitalization

2.2trillion USD

Baseline for assessing Activision deal size relative to Microsoft's scale