Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
500.0 16.0
450.0 13.9
14.0
12.9
400.0
12.0
350.0 10.8
10.0
300.0 9.0 9.1
(US$m)
(US$m)
250.0 8.0
7.0 7.2
6.9
6.5
6.2
200.0 5.9
5.6 6.0
4.7
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100.0
2.0
50.0
0.0 0.0
Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10
Deal round-up for Januar y: The large deal (i.e. > $10 million in funding) highlights for the month include:
• Mochi Media – US-based game designer – was acquired by China-based Shanda Games for $80 million.
• Quantcast – a web analytics service – raised $27.5 million in its third round of financing.
• Visible Technologies – online brand management solutions developer – raised $22 million in Series D
financing.
• Guvera – Australian ad-based music distribution network – raised $20 million in its third round.
• Spiceworks – an ad-supported IT management software developer – raised $16 million in its third round of
financing.
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For further disclosures, please see last page of this report.
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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (M & A A N D F I N A N C I N G )
Deal flow improves for January. Total transaction value in the W eb 2.0 universe for January-to-date is $118.4 million,
nearly double the total at the end of last week ($60.7 million). The number of financings stands at 13 (vs. 6 last week),
averaging $9.1 million each (compared with $10.1 million last week). In comparison, total capital raised in December was
$450.4 million, averaging $12.9 million over 35 deals. November was $204.4 million, averaging $10.8 million (19 deals);
and October was $176.1 million, averaging $5.9 million (30 deals).
500.0 16.0
450.0 13.9
14.0
12.9
400.0
12.0
350.0 10.8
10.0
300.0 9.0 9.1
(US$m)
(US$m)
250.0 8.0
7.0 7.2
6.9
6.5
6.2
200.0 5.9
5.6 6.0
4.7
150.0
4.0
100.0
2.0
50.0
0.0 0.0
Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10
Deal round-up for Januar y: The large deal highlights for the month include:
• Mochi Media – US-based game designer – was acquired by China-based Shanda Games for $80 million.
• Quantcast – a web analytics service – raised $27.5 million in its third round of financing.
• Visible Technologies – online brand management solutions developer – raised $22 million in Series D financing.
• Guvera – Australian ad-based music distribution network – raised $20 million in its third round.
• Spiceworks – an ad-supported IT management software developer – raised $16 million in its third round of
financing.
All other deals in the month were in the amount of $10 million or less. For additional details on financings, see Figures 23
and 24 (at end of note).
450.0
400.0
350.0
300.0
250.0
Jan-10
(US$m)
Dec-09
Nov-09
200.0
150.0
100.0
50.0
0.0
Phoenix New
Mochi Media
Millennial Media
LiveMocha
Movik Networks
Mixer Labs
PowerReviews
Motley Fool
PlayFish
Zynga
Guvera
MobGold
Evernote
Gowalla
SonicMule
wooga
Eventbrite
Bizo
Eyeka
Twilio
Playfire
GlobalMotion
SocialMedia
Nival Network
AppNexus
Friendster
Scoopler
SCVNGR
Living Social
Jajah
RockYou
Ku6
Youku
Groupon
Visible
Lala
Aggregate
CubeTree
kaChing
ChaCha
SeekingAlpha
Pageonce
Curse
JanRain
Article One
Blekko
HootSuite
Center'd
Sonico
Rekoo
Spiceworks
Flurry
Gizmoz
5 Minutes
StockTwits
Cloud Engines
Appolicious
OneForty
Blippy
Graphic.ly
PBworks
Playdom
SocialGO
Quantcast
Placecast
AlikeList
Tonchidot
Grapeshot
Echo Nest
Joost
ReachLocal
Shanghai
Sezmi
Gogii
Gaikai
Rocket Fuel
Jelli
Jinni
Smaato
Credit Karma
Whiskey Media
SimpleGeo
Zoosk
Altruik
Adfonic
Lithium
Qunar.com
Genius.com
Alice.com
Prosper.com
Reframe It
WePay
Imeem
gWallet
A few sectors emerging as focus areas: Gaming, the sector that has taken a clear lead in terms of financing attention,
is now matched by Social Networks with 11 transactions each in the past quarter. Analytics is in second place with seven
financings, followed by Advertising at six financings (Figure 4). The $400 million acquisition of Playfish skews the Gaming
segment to the highest total financing figure.
900.0
800.0
700.0
600.0
500.0
(US$m)
400.0
300.0
200.0
100.0
820.5 210.7 124.3 112.0 108.5 74.7 54.0 51.2 45.9 41.3 33.1 31.7 16.8 16.0 15.0 13.4 12.7 12.5 12.5 10.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 5.3 5.3
0.0
Social Commerce
Gaming
Documents
Travel
Media
Mobile
Enterprise
Collaboration
Online Learning
Microblog
Music
Financial Services
Widget
SMS/Voice
Mobile Ad
Location-based
Infrastructure
Classified
Social Networks
Virtual Goods
Advertising
Video
Crowdsourced
Aggregation
Virtual World
Analytics
Content
SNS
# companies
11 2 6 4 11 7 2 3 4 5 4 4 4 1 1 3 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 1
C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (P R I C E P E R F O R M A N C E )
Web 2.0 index continues to outpace NASDAQ recovery: Our W eb 2.0 index (market-cap weighted) has positively
diverged from the broader tech market (represented by the Nasdaq Composite Index) since Q1/09 (Figure 5).
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200
150
100
50
0
1/19/2009
2/2/2009
2/16/2009
3/2/2009
3/16/2009
3/30/2009
4/13/2009
4/27/2009
5/11/2009
5/25/2009
6/8/2009
6/22/2009
7/6/2009
7/20/2009
8/3/2009
8/17/2009
8/31/2009
9/14/2009
9/28/2009
10/12/2009
10/26/2009
11/9/2009
11/23/2009
12/7/2009
12/21/2009
1/4/2010
1/18/2010
Index: Web 2.0 (Market Cap) ^COMP - Share Pricing
Balanced week: Twenty-five companies in our universe had positive stock price performances (averaging 5.5%) over the
past week (for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 6), while 28 companies showed negative 1-week returns
(averaging -3.8%).
P U B L I C C O M P A N Y I N D U S T R Y N E W S (P A R T N E R S H I P S , F I N A N C I A L R E S U L T S , N E W P R O D U C T S )
K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
Tree.C om, Inc . (Nas daqG M: TR E E ) T ree. C om, Inc. a nnounces a n E quity B uyback T he B oa rd of Directors of T ree. com, Inc. (Na s da q: T R E E ) a uthorized a s ha re repurcha s e progra m on J a nua ry 11, 2010.
in the a mount of $10 mm Under the progra m, T ree will repurchas e up to $10 million worth of its s ha res . T he progra m authorizes repurchas es of
common s hares in the open market or through priva tely-negotia ted tra ns a ctions . T ree expects to us e a va ilable ca s h to
finance thes e repurcha s es and will determine the timing a nd a mount of them ba s ed on its eva luation of ma rket conditions ,
applica ble S E C guidelines and regulations a nd other fa ctors . T he progra m ma y be s us pended or dis continued a t a ny time
at the dis cretion of the B oard. As of J anuary 11, 2010, T ree ha s approximately 10, 900, 000 common s ha res outs ta nding.
B right Things plc (AIM: B G T); G et On B right T hings plc (AIM: B G T ) completed the B right T hings plc (AIM: B G T ) s igned a n a greement to acquire G et O n W ith It L imited for £0. 43 million in s tock on December
W ith It L imited a cquis ition of G et O n W ith It Limited. 24, 2009. Under the terms of agreement, B right T hings will is s ue a pproxima tely 35 million of its new ordina ry s ha res and
the gra nt of 41. 63 million warra nts to s ubs cribe for ordina ry s ha res , exercis able a t a price of £0. 0125 per s hare. O f the tota l
cons ideration, 11. 67 million s ha res will be is s ued to the on completion. T he bala nce 23. 33 million s hares will be allotted a nd
is s ued in four equa l tra nches on the firs t four a nnivers a ries of completion. Als o, 11. 67 million of the wa rrants will be granted
and ves t immedia tely upon completion a nd a re exercis a ble at a ny time during the 5-yea r period immedia tely following their
grant. T he balance wa rra nts , which a re otherwis e gra nted on the s a me terms a s the initia l wa rra nts , will not ves t or become
exercis a ble until the firs t annivers a ry of completion.
S tephen Ha rdma n a nd Alexander Ha llida y, Directors of G et O n W ith It, will join the B oa rd a s joint Ma na ging Directors of the
B right T hings . T he acquis ition is conditional on the pas s ing of the res olutions to be propos ed a t a general
meeting of the C ompa ny to be held on 11 J a nua ry 2010 a nd admis s ion of the initia l cons ideration s ha res to trading on
AIM, which is expected to occur on 12 J a nua ry 2010. W illiam V a ndyk of As taire S ecurities P lc a cted a s financial
advis or to B right T hings plc.
B right T hings plc (AIM: B G T ) completed the acquis ition of G et O n W ith It L imited on J a nua ry 12, 2010.
Dell Inc. (Nas daqG S : DE L L ); K ings oft Dell Inc. E nters into S trategic C oopera tion with Dell Inc. reached medium- a nd long-term s trategic coopera tion with K ings oft C o. Ltd. T he two pa rties to join hands on
C o. L td. (S E HK : 3888) K ings oft C o ma rket expa ns ion. Initially, they will tea m up to boos t product s a le and organize promotion a ctivities .
B right Things plc (AIM: B G T) B right T hings plc Announces C hange of B oa rd V ikra nt B ha rga va of V eddis V entures has joined the board of B right T hings plc a s a non-executive director. G O W IT
of Directors directors S tephen Ha rdma n a nd Alex Ha llida y will a ls o join the boa rd as joint mana ging directors .
Qunar.c om Information Tec hnology C o. S ohu. C om Inc. Announces P artners hip with S ohu. com Inc. ha s a nnounced a s tra tegic pa rtners hip with Q una r. com Information T echnology C o. Ltd. T he compa ny and
L td.; S ohu.c om Inc . (Nas daqG S : S OHU) Q una r. C om Informa tion T echnology C o. L td Qunar. com will s upply a new tra vel information s ite for a ra nge of contextua l advertis ing forma ts tha t will help advertis ers to
target cons umers better. T he coopera tion of S ohu's S ogou Ma p S ervice with Q una r. com is in line with full-fea ture, full-
s ervice s tra tegy. F rom this da y onwa rd, cons umers will be a ble to make a one-s top tra vel-rela ted s earch, expediting their
trip pla nning, fea ture eva lua tion and price compa ris ons .
S NM G lobal Holdings (OTC PK : S NMN); S NM G loba l Holdings a nnounced it will receive S NM G loba l Holdings (O T C P K : S NMN) a nnounced a n equity line of credit with new inves tor T a ngiers Inves tors , L . P . , a fund
Tangiers C apital, L L C $10 million of funding from T a ngiers C a pita l, ma naged by T angiers C apital, L LC for gros s proceeds of $10 million on J a nua ry 13, 2010. T he term of the credit line is over
L LC . a two yea r period.
Digital S olutions G roup plc; Openwave O penwa ve C olla bora tes with Digital S olutions Openwave S ys tems Inc. announced a joint colla bora tion with Digita l S olutions G roup plc. T he a greement is for DS G to
S ys tems Inc . (Nas daqG S : OPW V) G roup to P rovide C omplete Mobile Data dis tribute O penwa ve products while providing va lue-a dded profes s ional s ervices to operators in Africa a nd s ub-S aha ra n
S olutions to O pera tors in E merging Ma rkets ma rkets . T he s olutions will cons is t of O penwa ve's context-awa re mobile internet media tion a nd mobile a nalytics offerings ,
with a dva nced profes s ional s ervices from DS G . T he integra ted s olution is des igned to be a cos t- effective wa y for mobile
opera tors to monitor, mana ge a nd monetize the mobile internet in emerging a nd growth ma rkets . T he initial roll out of the
s oftwa re s olution will be powered by the Openwave(R ) Mobile Internet R ea dyS et - a low-cos t, prepa cka ged pla tform tha t
provides operators with a centra l point from which to offer new, revenue genera ting, mobile internet s ervices . T his roll out
will be a ccompanied by O penwave(R ) Mobile Ana lytics , a s olution tha t provides deep a na lytics a nd rich reporting for mobile
devices , as it is des igned to offer network opera tions ma na gers and ma rketing executives a clea r view a cros s all a s pects of
mobile data a ctivity. B oth s olutions a re s pecifica lly pa ckaged for s ma ller opera tors s eeking a fa s t return on inves tment. O penwa ve M
provides a complete mobile internet s olution cons is ting of content a da pta tion, accelera tion, ba ndwidth optimization,
and s ervice promotion and billing, in a s ingle pa ckage. W ith low-cos t ha rdwa re a nd s ta nda rd pre-configured
deployment options , R ea dyS et is ideal for s ma ller opera tors a nd newer markets which a re interes ted in a quick return
on inves tment for minima l ca pita l outlay. Additionally, R ea dyS et is s ca la ble a nd ca n expa nd to meet s ubs criber
growth and dema nds both in terms of increa s ed numbers and increa s ed us er expecta tion.
C L IC K E R Inc. (OTC B B : C L K Z) C LIC K E R Inc. a nnounced delayed 10-Q filing On 01/14/2010, C LIC K E R Inc. announced that they will be una ble to file their next 10-Q by the dea dline required by the
S E C.
K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
Open Text C orp. (Nas daqG S : OTE X) O pen T ext C orp. Announces R elea s e of O pen Open T ext C orp. announced the releas e of O pen T ext C a pture C enter vers ion 4. 0, fea turing next-genera tion document
T ext C apture C enter V ers ion 4. 0 cla s s ifica tion and da ta capture capa bilities a nd deeper integra tion with the O pen T ext E C M S uite, giving cus tomers the firs t
end-to-end, fully-integra ted s olution for a utoma ting bus ines s tra ns a ctions . Document clas s ifica tion, data ca pture and data
recognition technologies a re us ed anywhere documents - including purcha s e orders , ins urance cla ims a nd vendor invoices ,
among many others - need to be routed a nd informa tion from pa per documents extra cted. W ith C a pture C enter 4,
automa tion s tarts at the point of entry for incoming documents : in the mailroom. T his mea ns informa tion in documents gets
to intended des tina tions a lmos t immediately, compa red to s low s orting a nd delivery of documents followed by error-prone
ma nua l keying of informa tion into s ys tems . C ompetitive offerings often rely on multiple vendors for a complete s olution,
lea ving it up to cus tomers or expens ive s ys tem integra tors to get everything working. In contra s t, O pen T ext delivers fully
integra ted trans a ctiona l content ma na gement functionality, s tarting from initial document ca pture through to robus t bus ines s proces s
automa tion a nd retention functions , a ll pa rt of the O pen T ext E C M S uite. W ha t's more, O pen T ext ha s clos e
pa rtners hips a nd deep integra tions with leading enterpris e s oftwa re vendors s uch a s S AP , O ra cle a nd Micros oft,
ens uring tha t a bus ines s proces s ca n s pa n a ll applications neces s a ry to complete tra ns a ctions . C a pture C enter 4
(formerly C a ptaris DO K uS tar C a pture S uite) includes numerous recognition modules a cces s ible through a n ea s y-to-
us e client. It provides cla s s ifica tion technology that complements the text-ba s ed cla s s ifica tion approa ch us ed by
E nterpris e L ibra ry S ervices in the O pen T ext E C M S uite. T he O pen T ext E C M S uite brings together the broa d ra nge
of content ma na gement ca pabilities orga nizations need to s ecurely a nd s a fely ma nage a ll types of enterpris e
informa tion documents , vita l records , W eb content, video, ima ges , email, forms a nd reports a cros s ma ny different
enterpris e s ys tems and a pplica tions . Indus try-leading ca pture ca pabilities provided by C a pture C enter include
ma chine and hand print recognition with voting cha ra cter recognition engines , optical cha ra cter recognition (O C R ),
intelligent character recognition (IC R ), intelligent document recognition (IDR ), ma gnetic ink cha ra cter recognition
(MIC R ) a nd other s pecial font recognition, rule bas ed a nd learning document clas s ifica tion, a daptive recognition,
free form data extraction a s well as others . G uided ma nua l da ta entry is s upported by patented S ingle C lick E ntry
technology. B y providing a complete technology pa cka ge with its own components , O pen T ext is a ble to fine tune
the recognition proces s yielding very high recognition precis ion.
TheS treet.c om, Inc . (Nas daqG M: TS C M) T heS treet. com, Inc. Appoints Da niel F la x a s T heS treet. com, Inc. announced that Daniel F la x has been a ppointed C hief Informa tion O fficer, effective immedia tely. In this
C hief Information O fficer newly created pos ition, Mr. F la x will report directly to C hief E xecutive O fficer Da ryl Otte. Mr. F la x brings nearly two deca des
of experience to the compa ny. Mos t recently, Mr. F la x wa s the C hief Informa tion O fficer for C owen G roup, Inc. where he
was res pons ible for the delivery of technology s ervices to a ll areas of the compa ny, including res earch, inves tment ba nking,
and tra ding technology.
IAS E nergy, Inc . (OTC P K : IAS C .A) Ia s E nergy, Inc. Announces Una udited IAS E nergy, Inc. a nnounced una udited cons olida ted ea rnings res ults for the s econd qua rter and s ix months ended O ctober
C ons olida ted E arnings R es ults for the S econd 31, 2009. F or the quarter, the compa ny reported tota l revenue of $6, 449 compa red to $2, 907 for the s ame period a yea r
Q ua rter a nd S ix Months E nded O ctober 31, ago. L os s from opera tions wa s $110, 580 compa red to $272, 875 for the s a me period a yea r ago. Net los s wa s $108, 925
2009 compa red to $273, 422 for the s ame period a yea r a go. C omprehens ive los s wa s $101, 649 compa red to $294, 729 for the
s a me period a yea r a go. L os s per s hare was $0. 002 compa red to $0. 004 for the s a me period a yea r a go.
VALUATION
Gaming companies lead market-cap charts: Fourteen companies in our W eb 2.0 universe top US$1 billion in market
capitalization (Figure 8). Fifty-two of the 87 companies have market caps under US$100 million, with 32 under US$25
million. Online gaming companies dominate the top of the list, led by Tencent Holdings (SEHK:700) with a market cap of
approximately US$39.9 billion.
TEV/Revenue (LTM) averages 4.9x: The overall average TEV/Revenue (LTM) multiple for our group is 4.9 (vs. 5.2x last
week) (Figure 9). Three companies trade above 25x revenue – Bigstring Corp. (OTCBB:BSGC) at 39.9x, Associated Media
Holdings Inc. (OTCPK:ASMH) at 36.0x, and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (SEHK:700) at 27.7x. The median is 1.7x. Note that we
exclude multiples greater than 50x. Twenty-three companies have multiples under 1.5x.
45. 0
39.9
40. 0
36.0
35. 0
30. 0 27.7
25. 0
20. 0 17.3
15.916.5
14.8 15.1
15. 0 12.413.0
10. 0
6.2 6.8 7.2 7.5
5.3 5.7
4.4 4.6
5. 0 3.5 3.8 3.9
2.5 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3
1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
0. 0
MO K O .mobi L imited
UO MO Media, Inc
G a mania Digital E ntertainment C o., Ltd.
DXN Holdings B hd
C DC C orp.
G eoS entric O y j
NeuLion Inc orporated
U nilav a C orporation
C ornerWorld C orporation
O pen T ex t C orp.
AQ Intera ctive, Inc .
C y berplex Inc .
G igaMedia Ltd.
S pa rk N etwork s , Inc .
Y D O nline C orp.
S ohu.com Inc .
is eemedia Inc .
Mix i, Inc .
F rogs ter Intera ctiv e P ictures AG
G ree, Inc .
E olith C o. Ltd.
InternetArray , Inc .
Webz en Inc .
V elti P lc
DADA S pA
Ac toz S oft C o. , Ltd.
TEV/Revenue (LTM) by country/exchange: W e have also calculated multiples based on where the companies are listed
or domiciled. Figure 10 shows the average TEV/Revenue multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the largest
number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 5.4x. On a geographic basis, the United States has the most
companies (34), trading at an average of 5.8x revenue (Figure 11). Nine of the companies are Canadian (average 3.7x
revenue).
8.0 7.8
(x)
OTCBB
GTSM
NasdaqGM
HLSE
SEHK
TSE
KOSE
NasdaqGS
OSE
CM
RTS
OM
TSX
XTRA
AMEX
KLSE
BSE
SWX
TSXV
ASX
Germany
Finland
China
Hong Kong
United
Japan
Canada
Malaysia
India
Russia
Italy
South
Korea
States
Australia
Taiwan
Switzerland
Sweden
# Companies 5 1 3 2 2 3 20 5 5 8 3 1 2 14 1 1 1 1 1 4 1
# Companies 1 2 10 1 3 34 6 9 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) averages 11.9x: The average multiple for the 40 companies with positive EBITDA (and multiples
under 100x) is 11.9x LTM EBITDA (vs. 11.8x last week), led by SK Communications Co. Ltd. (KOSE:A066270) at 49.0x
(Figure 12). Fifteen companies have EBITDA multiples under 7x. The median multiple is 9.5x.
T E V/LT M E B IT DA (x)
60. 0
49. 0
50. 0
43.2
40. 0
33. 4
30. 0
25. 3 26. 0
21. 7 22. 3
20. 0 16. 9
12. 8 13. 8 14. 2 14. 4
11. 4 11. 9 12. 2 12.7
10.1 10. 2 10. 6 10. 6
8. 3 8. 9
10. 0
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5. 1 5. 3
3. 2 3. 2 3. 4 3. 9 4. 5
0. 3 0.3 0. 8 0. 9
0. 0
DXN H oldings B hd
C DC C orp.
O pen T ex t C orp.
C y berplex Inc.
Y D O nline C orp.
Mix i, Inc.
G ree, Inc.
E olith C o. L td.
XING AG
P erfec t World C o. , L td.
Y nk K orea Inc.
Webz en Inc.
V elti P lc
S hutterfly , Inc.
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 13 shows the average TEV/EBITDA multiples by stock exchange. The
OTCBB has the largest number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 7.0x. On a geographic basis, the
United States has the most companies (34), trading at an average of 7.9x EBITDA (Figure 14). Nine of the companies are
Canadian (average 17.8x EBITDA).
OTCBB
GTSM
NasdaqGM
KOSE
TSE
SEHK
OSE
NasdaqGS
RTS
OM
CM
XTRA
AMEX
KLSE
TSX
TSXV
ASX
0.0 0.9
Germany
Canada
Japan
Hong
China
United
Malaysia
Russia
Italy
South
Korea
Kong
States
Taiwan
Australia
Sweden
# Companies 5 8 2 5 1 5 3 3 1 14 20 1 2 4 1 3 2 1
# Companies 9 3 9 1 6 3 1 10 34 1 1 2 1
P/E (LTM) averages 23.2x: The average multiple for the 33 companies with positive earnings (and multiples under 100x)
is 23.2x LTM EPS (vs. 22.9x last week), led by HanbiSoft Inc. (KOSE:A047080) with a 73.1x multiple (Figure 15). Twelve
companies have P/E multiples under 10x. The median is 16.7x.
P /E L T M (x)
80.0
73.1
60.0 56.8
51.1 52.4
47.9
50.0
40.0 35.8
34.1
30.3 31.0
30.0
22.0
17.9 18.0 18.1 19.0
20.0 16.0 16.7
13.9
12.0 12.8
9.7
10.0 6.5 6.6 6.7 8.2
1.8 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.6 3.7
0.0
0.0
NE O W IZ G ames C orporation
J umbuck E ntertainment Limited
G ameO n C o Ltd.
T he9 Limited
S handa Interactive E ntertainment Ltd.
O pen T ex t C orp.
C y berplex Inc.
G igaMedia Ltd.
Y D O nline C orp.
S ohu.com Inc.
G ree, Inc.
Mix i, Inc.
W ebz en Inc.
P/E (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 16 shows the average P/E multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the
largest number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 9.0x. On a geographic basis, the United States has
the most companies (34), trading at an average of 13.9x earnings (Figure 17). Nine of the companies are Canadian
(average 28.8x EPS).
30.0 23.7
(x)
OTCBB
GTSM
NasdaqGM
OSE
KOSE
TSE
SEHK
NasdaqGS
OM
XTRA
AMEX
KLSE
TSX
NYSE
ASX
0.0 2.3
Germany
Israel
Japan
Canada
China
United
Hong
Malaysia
South
Korea
Kong
States
Taiwan
Australia
Sweden
# Companies 1 8 5 3 2 3 5 2 1 14 20 1 3 2 1 4
# Companies 6 9 3 9 3 1 10 34 1 1 2 1
UPCOMING EVENTS
E arnings C alendar
C ompany Date Time Quarter C onf C all Details
Open Text Corp. (NasdaqGS:OTEX) 3-Feb-10 5:00 p.m. EDT Q2/10 800-814-4859
Shutterfly, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SFLY) 4-Feb-10 5:00 p.m. EDT Q4/09 816-581-1703
Tree.Com, Inc. (NasdaqGM:TREE) 5-Feb-10 11:00 a.m. EDT Q4/09 800-967-7184
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NasdaqGS:IACI) 9-Feb-10 11:00 a.m. EDT Q4/09 http://www.iac.com/Investors
A ccelerize New Media, Inc. US D AC L Z OT C B B 18.7 0.65 0. 0% 0.0% 8.3% 18.2% 85.7% -18.8%
A ctoz S oft C o. , L td. KR W A052790 K OS E 133.6 17, 250 -5.5% -15.0% 10.2% -35.5% 62.7% -52.1%
A Q Interactive, Inc. JPY 3838 TS E 43.4 73,000.00 11.6% 63.7% 49.0% 18.5% 153. 5% -12.0%
A s knet AG E UR XT R A :A5A XT R A 22.9 3.15 -3.9% -1.5% -19.2% 3. 7% -19. 2% -23.5%
A s s ociated Media H oldings Inc. US D AS MH OT C P K 2.1 0.05 -2.0% 433.3% 242.9% 140.0% 860. 0% -93.7%
B eta wave C orpora tion US D B W AV OT C B B 4.7 0.16 6. 7% 60.0% 213.7% 39.1% -27. 3% -30.4%
B eyond C ommerce, Inc. US D B Y OC OT C B B 1.3 0.02 0. 0% -26.7% -81.8% -93.4% -97. 7% -98.8%
B igs tring C orp. US D BSGC OT C B B 1.5 0.02 0. 0% -2.1% -39.7% -45.3% 34.3% -58.8%
B right T hings plc GB P AIM:B G T A IM 10.6 0.02 64.0% 78.3% 49.1% 48.6% 36.7% -18.0%
B roadW ebA s ia Inc. US D BWBA OT C P K 5.1 0.06 -14.3% 20.0% 100.0% -73.9% -94. 1% -96.0%
C DC C orp. US D C H IN.A Nas da qG S 286.8 2.71 1. 3% 14.6% 10.0% 25.2% 197. 3% -31.0%
C ha ngyou.com Limited US D C Y OU Nas da qG S 1, 898.6 34.52 -2.0% 2.7% 15.8% -16.5% NM -28.6%
C hines e G a mer International TWD G T S M:3083 GTS M 1, 133.4 429.00 4. 1% 3.6% -8.7% -11.6% 375. 1% -17.3%
C ornerW orld C orpora tion US D CW R L OT C B B 2.9 0.03 0. 0% 0.0% -50.0% -50.0% -88. 0% -92.7%
C yberplex Inc. C AD T S X: C X TS X 75.8 1.14 -0.9% -5.8% -13.6% -26.0% 196. 1% -42.7%
DADA S pA E UR C M:DA CM 131.4 5.63 -3.3% -4.9% -26.5% -5.9% -9.8% -31.3%
DigitalP os t Intera ctive, Inc. US D DG LP OT C B B 3.1 0.04 -20.5% -14.6% -41.7% 16.7% 59.1% -64.6%
DigitalT own, Inc. US D DG T W OT C B B 38.3 1.40 16.7% 0.0% -44.0% -30.0% -53. 3% -60.0%
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. US D DP DM OT C B B 15.4 0.27 17.4% 8.0% -25.0% -25.0% -61. 4% -64.5%
DXN Holdings B hd MY R DXN K LS E 46.6 0.70 15.8% 21.9% 5.3% 87.8% 95.8% -7.3%
E n2G o International, Inc. US D E TGI OT C B B 21.4 0.90 76.5% 38.5% 50.0% -40.0% -47. 1% -82.0%
E olith C o. L td. KR W A041060 K OS E 95.8 715.00 10.0% 25.4% 25.4% -11.7% 38.8% -38.4%
F luid Mus ic C anada, Inc. C AD T S X: F MN TS X 100.3 1.65 -5.2% -5.7% 3.8% 96.4% 432. 3% -23.3%
F rogs ter Intera ctive P ictures AG E UR FR G XT R A 72.1 19.55 4. 5% 9.8% -5.0% 53.9% 291. 0% -9.0%
G amania Digita l E ntertainment C o., L td. TWD 6180 GTS M 292.6 61 10.6% 25.7% 22.5% -3.7% 181. 7% -11.8%
G ameO n C o L td. JPY 3812 TS E 80.3 76000.00 0. 8% 16.0% -16.1% -28.3% -37. 8% -42.8%
G eoS entric Oyj E UR G E O1V H LS E 64.6 0.05 0. 0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% -16.7%
G ia nt Interactive G roup, Inc. US D GA NY S E 1, 691.7 7.47 0. 9% 1.5% 5.2% 2. 5% 33.4% -21.9%
G igaMedia L td. US D G IG M Nas da qG S 170.6 3.13 -5.4% -21.9% -35.7% -39.0% -47. 7% -59.5%
G ra vity C o., Ltd US D GR VY Nas da qG M 46.7 2 -6.7% 15.9% -1.2% 3. 4% 184. 7% -36.1%
G ree, Inc. JPY T S E :3632 TS E 2, 763.2 5, 650 5. 8% 4.2% 17.7% 56.3% 96.5% -6.5%
G ungH o Online E ntertainment, Inc. JPY 3765 OS E 272.4 217, 700 -3.7% 39.4% 3.1% 1. 2% 121. 0% -22.2%
H anbitS oft, Inc. KR W A047080 K OS E 77.1 4000.00 5. 3% 3.4% 0.6% -13.5% 30.1% -39.8%
IAC /InterA ctiveC orp. US D IA C I Nas da qG S 2, 814.9 21.33 1. 5% 10.9% 12.1% 26.8% 44.4% -4.3%
InternetArray, Inc. US D INAR OT C P K 0.0 0.00 0. 0% 0.0% -82.1% -50.0% -99. 8% -99.9%
is eemedia Inc. C AD IE E T S XV 9.6 0.19 -5.0% 5.6% 35.7% 123.5% 111. 1% -29.6%
J umbuck E ntertainment Limited AU D AS X: J MB AS X 13.6 0.31 0. 0% -4.7% -16.4% -19.7% -36. 5% -39.0%
K ings oft C o. L td. HK D 3888 S E HK 1, 004.0 7.10 4. 4% 27.9% -10.9% 4. 6% 166. 9% -25.0%
L ingo Media C orpora tion C AD T S XV :LM T S XV 17.4 1.45 4. 3% 61.1% 54.3% 61.1% 48.0% -8.2%
L ookS mart, L td. US D LO OK Nas da qG M 18.3 1.07 -7.0% 4.9% -14.4% -2.7% -17. 7% -31.4%
Ma gnitude Information S ys tems Inc. US D MAG Y OT C B B 8.4 0.02 -9.5% -1.0% 58.3% 111.1% -36. 7% -51.3%
Mixi, Inc. JPY 2121 TS E 1, 109.3 659, 000 0. 9% -14.0% -1.5% -7.2% 28.7% -23.8%
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB SEK MT G B OM 3, 294.2 355 -3.0% 8.5% 9.4% 37.9% 165. 9% -4.0%
MO K O .mobi L imited AU D MK B AS X 13.5 0.13 -19.4% -28.6% 58.2% 92.3% 150. 0% -37.5%
Multiplied Media C orpora tion C AD T S XV :MMC T S XV 27.9 0.22 -8.3% 25.7% 10.0% 158.8% 300. 0% -17.0%
Myriad G roup AG C HF MY R N S WX 213.3 4.98 -0.4% 4.0% 11.9% 16.6% -16. 9% -19.5%
NE O W IZ G ames C orporation KR W A095660 K OS E 722.6 38, 950 -1.3% -7.9% 3.9% 26.5% 238. 7% -13.3%
NetDra gon W ebS oft, Inc. HK D 777 S E HK 329.1 4.83 6. 2% 20.8% -8.5% -21.2% 82.3% -32.4%
Netea s e. com Inc. US D NT E S Nas da qG S 4, 828.9 37.31 -6.3% -0.9% -3.0% -4.7% 116. 0% -23.1%
NeuLion Incorpora ted C AD T S X: NL N TS X 78.7 0.70 0. 0% 0.0% -12.5% -21.3% 133. 3% -46.2%
NeXplore C orpora tion US D NXP C OT C P K 30.7 0.55 -12.7% -12.7% -8.3% 22.2% -45. 0% -45.0%
Ngi G roup Inc. JPY 2497 TS E 32.7 24, 190 4. 1% -2.5% -14.1% -28.0% -50. 2% -53.9%
Northgate T echnologies Limited INR 590057 BSE 22.7 30.10 -1.8% 3.4% -20.3% -16.0% -29. 2% -49.7%
O AO R B C Information S ys tems US D R BCI R TS 194.2 1.40 0. 2% -12.5% -6.7% 86.7% 246. 9% -17.6%
O pen T ext C orp. US D OT E X Nas da qG S 2, 343.8 41.57 1. 7% 9.6% 3.3% 12.5% 39.9% -2.4%
O penwa ve S ys tems Inc. US D OP W V Nas da qG S 194.6 2.33 -5.3% 5.0% -9.3% -21.0% 301. 7% -25.6%
P erfect W orld C o., Ltd. US D PWRD Nas da qG S 2, 089.3 41.99 -3.2% 0.5% -0.5% 32.3% 188. 8% -16.8%
P NI Digital Media Inc. C AD T S XV :P N T S XV 52.9 1.63 0. 6% -5.8% -4.1% 13.2% 3.2% -23.5%
Q uepa s a C orp. US D QP S A OT C B B 36.3 2.85 7. 5% 26.7% 106.5% 216.7% 49.2% -5.0%
R ea l V alue E s tates , Inc. US D R V LU OT C B B 9.6 1.50 20.0% 36.4% NM NM NM 0.0%
S ahara Media H oldings , Inc. US D S HH D OT C B B 7.8 0.25 -47.9% -55.4% -72.2% -91.7% -91. 7% -92.3%
S ha nda Interactive E nterta inment L td. US D S NDA Nas da qG S 3, 564.5 53.00 -10.0% 1.4% 11.3% -5.3% 90.4% -18.5%
S hutterfly, Inc. US D S F LY Nas da qG S 454.4 17.70 -0.4% -1.1% 10.6% 28.4% 156. 5% -6.0%
S K C ommunications C o. , L td. KR W A066270 K OS E 644.9 17, 500 11.1% 55.6% 115.8% 76.8% 148. 2% -4.9%
S NA P Intera ctive, Inc. US D S TVI OT C B B 3.3 0.30 -33.3% 50.0% -14.3% -33.3% -70. 6% -71.4%
S ocial Media V entures Inc. US D S MV I OT C P K 0.0 0.01 11.1% 0.0% -88.1% -98.4% -99. 5% -99.7%
S ocialwis e, Inc. US D S CLW OT C B B 23.8 0.50 2. 0% 0.0% -18.0% -37.5% -39. 8% -51.0%
S ohu.com Inc. US D S O HU Nas da qG S 2, 277.0 59.21 0. 0% 6.6% -8.5% -4.5% 53.6% -18.1%
S pa rk Networks , Inc. US D LO V A ME X 57.2 2.78 -4.5% 0.7% 13.0% 13.5% 11.6% -17.5%
S pectrumDNA, Inc. US D S P XA OT C B B 7.8 0.16 -13.5% 14.3% 14.3% 6. 7% -15. 8% -64.4%
T encent H oldings Ltd. HK D 700 S E HK 39,917. 6 170 -0.6% 11.4% 18.5% 69.9% 283. 5% -3.9%
T he9 L imited US D NC T Y Nas da qG S 214.0 8.52 3. 3% 22.1% 7.4% 0. 8% -39. 7% -48.8%
T heS treet.com, Inc. US D TS CM Nas da qG M 70.7 2.31 -3.7% 5.0% -22.7% 19.1% -20. 1% -26.9%
T ree.C om, Inc. US D TR E E Nas da qG M 98.0 8.99 -2.7% 2.7% 16.3% -7.8% 124. 8% -31.2%
U nilava C orporation US D UNLA OT C B B 0.0 0.23 -28.1% 21.1% NM NM NM -58.2%
U nis erve C ommunica tions C orp. C AD T S XV :US S T S XV 1.9 0.08 -11.1% 60.0% 60.0% -20.0% 0.0% -20.0%
U nited O nline Inc. US D UNT D Nas da qG S 577.7 6.83 -7.2% -6.2% -22.7% -15.0% 16.2% -27.8%
U OMO Media, Inc US D UO MO OT C B B 3.2 0.04 -26.0% -14.0% -67.8% -64.8% -47. 1% -96.5%
V alueC lick Inc. US D V CLK Nas da qG S 868.7 10.14 -2.3% 7.5% -24.9% -10.1% 80.4% -27.3%
V elti P lc GB P VEL A IM 149.7 2.49 24.5% 24.5% 29.8% 46.5% 107. 5% -2.1%
V OIS , Inc. US D V O IS OT C B B 10.9 0.01 32.5% 10.0% 120.0% 57.1% 175. 0% -52.2%
W ebzen Inc. KR W K O S E : A069080 K OS E 128.2 12, 300 11.8% -1.6% 11.3% -17.2% 66.7% -40.6%
W izzard S oftwa re C orporation US D W ZE A ME X 18.7 0.35 -7.9% -14.6% -20.5% -28.6% -51. 4% -56.8%
W orlds .com Inc. US D W DDD OT C B B 4.8 0.09 0. 0% -5.3% -10.0% -40.0% -40. 0% -59.1%
XING A G E UR O1B C XT R A 230.8 30.41 -4.1% -1.6% -17.8% 4. 8% 6.3% -19.9%
Y D Online C orp. KR W A052770 K OS E 95.6 7, 240 -5.1% 6.3% -8.6% -12.5% 2.1% -41.6%
Y nk K orea Inc. KR W A023770 K OS E 14.4 3, 070 -1.8% -11.4% -30.1% -46.1% -22. 3% -64.7%
H igh 76.5% 433.3% 242.9% 216.7% 860. 0% 0.0%
L ow -47.9% -55.4% -88.1% -98.4% -99. 8% -99.9%
Average 903.2 0.4% 13.3% 6.8% 8.6% 69.9% -37.0%
Media n 0. 0% 3.6% -0.5% -2.7% 37.8% -30.4%
United S tates 29 C hina 56, 945. 8 C hina 5,694. 6 C hina 4,496. 8 C hina 2, 262. 8 C hina 49. 0%
C hina 10 U nited S ta tes 5, 465. 2 S weden 3,266. 2 United S tates 3,752. 1 United S tates 393. 7 A us tralia 42. 8%
C a na da 9 J a pan 4, 440. 9 J apan 740. 1 S weden 1,942. 0 S weden 274. 4 T aiwan 37. 3%
S outh K orea 9 S weden 3, 266. 2 T aiwan 515. 6 C a na da 992. 4 J a pa n 213. 0 J apan 24. 3%
J a pa n 6 C anada 2, 538. 6 C anada 282. 1 S outh K orea 740. 1 C a na da 199. 5 S outh K orea 20. 1%
T a iwa n 3 S outh K orea 1, 845. 8 Hong K ong 237. 5 J a pa n 680. 8 S outh K orea 133. 5 S weden 14. 1%
G erma ny 3 T a iwa n 1, 546. 9 S witzerla nd 205. 8 T a iwa n 404. 6 T a iwa n 65. 0 Italy 13. 1%
Aus tralia 2 G ermany 318. 0 S outh K orea 205. 1 Hong K ong 334. 2 Ita ly 31. 0 R us s ia 13. 1%
S witzerla nd 1 Hong K ong 237. 5 R us s ia 193. 9 Ita ly 236. 1 R us s ia 20. 4 Hong K ong 6. 0%
India 1 S witzerla nd 205. 8 U nited S ta tes 188. 5 G erma ny 171. 4 Hong K ong 20. 0 S witzerla nd 5. 4%
F inla nd 1 R us s ia 193. 9 Ita ly 136. 8 R us s ia 156. 3 G erma ny 9. 7 G ermany -7. 4%
United K ingdom 1 Ita ly 136. 8 G ermany 106. 0 Ma lays ia 78. 5 Aus tralia 4. 9 C anada -10. 6%
Ita ly 1 F inland 51. 3 F inland 51. 3 S witzerla nd 63. 0 S witzerla nd 3. 4 U nited S ta tes -15. 4%
Hong K ong 1 Malays ia 36. 4 Malays ia 36. 4 India 47. 7 United K ingdom -2. 7 F inland NA
S weden 1 Aus tralia 29. 4 India 20. 2 Aus tralia 17. 8 F inla nd -18. 5 India NA
R us s ia 1 India 20. 2 Aus tralia 14. 7 F inla nd 4. 5 India -51. 2 U nited K ingdom NA
Ma lays ia 1 U nited K ingdom 5. 6 U nited K ingdom 5. 6 United K ingdom 0. 0 Ma lays ia -85. 2 Mala ys ia NA
G rand Total 80 G rand Total 77,284.4 G rand Total 966.1 G rand Total 14,118.5 G rand Total 3,473.8 G rand Total 11.8%
G rand Total 80 G rand Total 77,284.4 G rand Total 966.1 G rand Total 14,118.5 G rand Total 3,473.8 G rand Total 11.8%
1. None applicable.
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d o e s R e s e a r c h Ca p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n a s s u me a n y r e sp o n si b i l i t y o r l i a b i l i t y . R e s e a r ch C a p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n , i t s d i r e ct o r s , o f f i c e r s a n d o t h e r e mp l o y e e s ma y , f r o m t i me t o
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t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h i s r e p o r t s u b je c t t o t h e t e r ms & l i mi t a t i o n s s e t o u t a b o v e . F i r ms o r i n s t i t u t i o n s r e ce i vi n g t h i s r e p o r t s h o u l d e f f e ct t r a n s a ct i o n s i n s e c u r i t i e s d i sc u s se d
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