Pure-Breed Portal Players
| |
Excite |
Infoseek |
Lycos |
Snap |
Yahoo |
| Fiscal Year Ends |
Dec. |
Dec. |
Jul. |
n/a |
Dec. |
| Date Founded |
2/93 |
1/94 |
6/95 |
1Q '97* |
4/94 |
| Date of IPO |
4/96 |
6/96 |
4/96 |
n/a |
4/96 |
| Share Price (8/26) |
39 3/8 |
25 15/16 |
38 |
n/a |
96 7/8 |
| Market Cap (8/26) in
Billions |
$1.9 |
$0.8 |
$1.4 |
n/a |
$9.1 |
| '98 EPS (est.) |
-0.23 |
-0.17 |
-0.23** |
n/a |
0.32 |
| '99 EPS (est.) |
0.38 |
-0.21 |
-0.21 |
n/a |
0.46 |
| '99 Revenues (est.) in
Millions |
$200.76 |
$138.1 |
$96.89 |
n/a |
$248.84 |
| Price to '99 Sales (est.) |
19.6 |
18.8 |
39.2 |
n/a |
38.9 |
| Number of employees |
600 |
300 |
450 |
150 |
600 |
| % of Internet
Audience Reached*** |
27.6 |
17.2 |
32.3 |
4.8 |
41.8 |
| Sunk Cost as of 6/98 in
Millions (est.) |
$259.2 |
$135.8 |
$172**** |
$25 |
$226.6 |
Mixed-Breed Portal Players
| |
AOL |
Microsoft |
Netscape |
| Fiscal Year Ends |
Jun. |
Jun. |
Oct. |
| Date Founded |
'85 |
11/75 |
4/94 |
| Date of IPO |
3/92 |
3/86 |
8/95 |
| Share Price (8/26) |
110 11/16 |
112 9/16 |
26 9/16 |
| Market Cap (8/26) in
Billions |
$24.3 |
$277.4 |
$2.6 |
| '98 EPS (est.) |
0.55** |
1.79** |
-0.61 |
| '99 EPS (est.) |
1.01 |
2.16 |
0.36 |
| '99 Revenues (est.) in
Millions |
$3,660.8 |
$17,000.4 |
$729.3 |
| Price to '99 Sales (est.) |
3.0 |
0.6 |
3.6 |
| % of Internet Audience
Reached*** |
46 |
24 |
25.4 |
* Snap! began as a wholly-owned division
of CNET (CNWK)
** Actual
*** By all portal-class Web properties owned
**** As of 4/98
Data: BW Estimates, Company Reports, First Call, I/B/E/S,
Media Metrix, S&P Comstock |
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