周三,埃隆·馬斯克以440億美元收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓荆═witter)的交易接近尾聲,,他帶著廚房水槽來(lái)到這家社交媒體巨頭的總部,。
這位現(xiàn)年51歲的特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官分享了一段自己走進(jìn)推特公司豪華的舊金山辦公室的視頻,并配文:“進(jìn)入推特總部——讓它沉入其中(雙關(guān)語(yǔ):字面意義是指讓推特沉入他自帶的水槽中,,意指他成功收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓?;另一層意思指讓大家充分消化一下自己已?jīng)成功入主推特的事實(shí))!”
拋開(kāi)所有牽強(qiáng)附會(huì)的雙關(guān)語(yǔ)不談,,在經(jīng)歷了幾個(gè)月的反反復(fù)復(fù)的法庭大戰(zhàn)和社交媒體大戲之后,,推特公司和馬斯克終于達(dá)成了協(xié)議,這在一定程度上歸功于特拉華州的一家法院,。
但韋德布什證券(Wedbush Securities)科技分析師丹·艾夫斯(Dan Ives)警告稱(chēng),,這些條款對(duì)這位全球首富并不有利。
艾夫斯在周四給客戶(hù)的報(bào)告中寫(xiě)道:“在我們看來(lái),,440億美元的推特公司收購(gòu)價(jià)將成為華爾街并購(gòu)交易史上超額支付最多的科技收購(gòu)案之一,。馬斯克收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓救匀皇且粋€(gè)令人頭疼的問(wèn)題?!?/p>
艾夫斯認(rèn)為,,推特公司的公允價(jià)值僅為250億美元,這意味著馬斯克多付了約190億美元,。盡管這位特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官花了數(shù)月時(shí)間才完成對(duì)推特公司的收購(gòu),,但真正的工作才剛剛開(kāi)始。
艾夫斯寫(xiě)道:“正如我們討論過(guò)的,,對(duì)馬斯克來(lái)說(shuō),,容易的部分是收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓荆щy的部分和未來(lái)登頂珠穆朗瑪峰式艱苦斗爭(zhēng)將是如何收拾這個(gè)爛攤子,?!?/p>
推特公司最近幾個(gè)季度并沒(méi)有真正取得進(jìn)展。該公司第二季度收益低于分析師預(yù)期,,營(yíng)收下降1%,,至11.8億美元,。
管理層將糟糕的業(yè)績(jī)歸咎于“與宏觀(guān)環(huán)境相關(guān)的廣告業(yè)逆風(fēng)”,考慮到就在本周,,Alphabet的財(cái)報(bào)顯示廣告領(lǐng)域進(jìn)一步疲軟,,這并不是什么好消息。
Alphabet的營(yíng)收增幅從去年第三季度的41%縮減到今年同期的僅6%,。而依賴(lài)廣告收入的油管(YouTube)受到的影響尤為嚴(yán)重,。
首席財(cái)務(wù)官露絲·波拉特(Ruth Porat)在公司的財(cái)報(bào)電話(huà)會(huì)議上表示,油管營(yíng)收下滑“主要反映了廣告商支出的進(jìn)一步回落”,。
由于推特公司在2021年有近90%的收入來(lái)自廣告收入,,馬斯克顯然有很多工作要做,從而讓公司全面運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來(lái),。但他可以通過(guò)裁員大幅提高公司的盈利能力,。最近幾周,有傳言稱(chēng)他可能會(huì)裁掉推特公司75%的員工,。
然而,,據(jù)彭博社周三報(bào)道,這些傳言似乎只是傳言,。據(jù)不具名消息人士稱(chēng),馬斯克告訴推特公司員工,,他不打算在上任第一天就裁掉75%的員工,。
彭博社周四再次援引不具名消息人士的話(huà)報(bào)道稱(chēng),這位特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官,、現(xiàn)任推特公司的“首席推特官”還表示,,他計(jì)劃在三年內(nèi)讓推特公司的收入翻一番。但艾夫斯說(shuō),,他將如何完成這項(xiàng)任務(wù)仍有待商榷,。
馬斯克已經(jīng)就如何提高推特公司的收入提出了各種建議,從更換公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層到創(chuàng)建一個(gè)新的“萬(wàn)能應(yīng)用程序”,,他稱(chēng)之為“X”應(yīng)用程序,。
他在10月4日發(fā)推文說(shuō):“收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓臼莿?chuàng)建萬(wàn)能應(yīng)用程序X應(yīng)用程序的催化劑?!?他還表示,,此次收購(gòu)可以將這款應(yīng)用程序的創(chuàng)建速度加快五年。
這款“X”應(yīng)用程序?qū)⑿Х轮袊?guó)的“超級(jí)應(yīng)用程序”微信,,包括從視頻聊天和即時(shí)消息到流媒體和支付的所有功能,。但到目前為止,馬斯克還沒(méi)有給出“X”應(yīng)用程序的創(chuàng)建時(shí)間表或其與推特的關(guān)聯(lián)的任何細(xì)節(jié),。
艾夫斯認(rèn)為,,在未來(lái)幾個(gè)月,,完成對(duì)推特公司的收購(gòu)將帶來(lái)更多的問(wèn)題而不是答案,尤其是圍繞“X”應(yīng)用程序的未來(lái),。
他寫(xiě)道:“一旦馬斯克在周五接管推特公司,,圍繞平臺(tái)的變化、貨幣化努力,、即將進(jìn)行的裁員以及圍繞‘X’應(yīng)用程序的長(zhǎng)期戰(zhàn)略,,主要問(wèn)題將持續(xù)存在?!?/p>
周四,,馬斯克在推特上發(fā)表了一份聲明,試圖澄清他收購(gòu)該公司背后的企圖,,稱(chēng)他希望創(chuàng)建一個(gè)“可以以健康的方式討論各種信仰的數(shù)字城市廣場(chǎng)”,。
“這就是我收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓镜脑颉N疫@么做不是因?yàn)檫@很容易,。我這么做不是為了賺更多的錢(qián),。我這么做是為了幫助我深?lèi)?ài)的人類(lèi)?!彼麑?xiě)道,。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
周三,埃隆·馬斯克以440億美元收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓荆═witter)的交易接近尾聲,,他帶著廚房水槽來(lái)到這家社交媒體巨頭的總部,。
這位現(xiàn)年51歲的特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官分享了一段自己走進(jìn)推特公司豪華的舊金山辦公室的視頻,并配文:“進(jìn)入推特總部——讓它沉入其中(雙關(guān)語(yǔ):字面意義是指讓推特沉入他自帶的水槽中,,意指他成功收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓?;另一層意思指讓大家充分消化一下自己已?jīng)成功入主推特的事實(shí))!”
拋開(kāi)所有牽強(qiáng)附會(huì)的雙關(guān)語(yǔ)不談,,在經(jīng)歷了幾個(gè)月的反反復(fù)復(fù)的法庭大戰(zhàn)和社交媒體大戲之后,,推特公司和馬斯克終于達(dá)成了協(xié)議,這在一定程度上歸功于特拉華州的一家法院,。
但韋德布什證券(Wedbush Securities)科技分析師丹·艾夫斯(Dan Ives)警告稱(chēng),,這些條款對(duì)這位全球首富并不有利。
艾夫斯在周四給客戶(hù)的報(bào)告中寫(xiě)道:“在我們看來(lái),,440億美元的推特公司收購(gòu)價(jià)將成為華爾街并購(gòu)交易史上超額支付最多的科技收購(gòu)案之一,。馬斯克收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓救匀皇且粋€(gè)令人頭疼的問(wèn)題?!?/p>
艾夫斯認(rèn)為,,推特公司的公允價(jià)值僅為250億美元,這意味著馬斯克多付了約190億美元,。盡管這位特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官花了數(shù)月時(shí)間才完成對(duì)推特公司的收購(gòu),,但真正的工作才剛剛開(kāi)始,。
艾夫斯寫(xiě)道:“正如我們討論過(guò)的,對(duì)馬斯克來(lái)說(shuō),,容易的部分是收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓?,困難的部分和未來(lái)登頂珠穆朗瑪峰式艱苦斗爭(zhēng)將是如何收拾這個(gè)爛攤子?!?/p>
推特公司最近幾個(gè)季度并沒(méi)有真正取得進(jìn)展,。該公司第二季度收益低于分析師預(yù)期,營(yíng)收下降1%,,至11.8億美元,。
管理層將糟糕的業(yè)績(jī)歸咎于“與宏觀(guān)環(huán)境相關(guān)的廣告業(yè)逆風(fēng)”,考慮到就在本周,,Alphabet的財(cái)報(bào)顯示廣告領(lǐng)域進(jìn)一步疲軟,,這并不是什么好消息。
Alphabet的營(yíng)收增幅從去年第三季度的41%縮減到今年同期的僅6%,。而依賴(lài)廣告收入的油管(YouTube)受到的影響尤為嚴(yán)重,。
首席財(cái)務(wù)官露絲·波拉特(Ruth Porat)在公司的財(cái)報(bào)電話(huà)會(huì)議上表示,油管營(yíng)收下滑“主要反映了廣告商支出的進(jìn)一步回落”,。
由于推特公司在2021年有近90%的收入來(lái)自廣告收入,,馬斯克顯然有很多工作要做,從而讓公司全面運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來(lái),。但他可以通過(guò)裁員大幅提高公司的盈利能力,。最近幾周,有傳言稱(chēng)他可能會(huì)裁掉推特公司75%的員工,。
然而,據(jù)彭博社周三報(bào)道,,這些傳言似乎只是傳言,。據(jù)不具名消息人士稱(chēng),馬斯克告訴推特公司員工,,他不打算在上任第一天就裁掉75%的員工,。
彭博社周四再次援引不具名消息人士的話(huà)報(bào)道稱(chēng),這位特斯拉首席執(zhí)行官,、現(xiàn)任推特公司的“首席推特官”還表示,,他計(jì)劃在三年內(nèi)讓推特公司的收入翻一番。但艾夫斯說(shuō),,他將如何完成這項(xiàng)任務(wù)仍有待商榷,。
馬斯克已經(jīng)就如何提高推特公司的收入提出了各種建議,從更換公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層到創(chuàng)建一個(gè)新的“萬(wàn)能應(yīng)用程序”,,他稱(chēng)之為“X”應(yīng)用程序,。
他在10月4日發(fā)推文說(shuō):“收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓臼莿?chuàng)建萬(wàn)能應(yīng)用程序X應(yīng)用程序的催化劑,。” 他還表示,,此次收購(gòu)可以將這款應(yīng)用程序的創(chuàng)建速度加快五年,。
這款“X”應(yīng)用程序?qū)⑿Х轮袊?guó)的“超級(jí)應(yīng)用程序”微信,包括從視頻聊天和即時(shí)消息到流媒體和支付的所有功能,。但到目前為止,,馬斯克還沒(méi)有給出“X”應(yīng)用程序的創(chuàng)建時(shí)間表或其與推特的關(guān)聯(lián)的任何細(xì)節(jié)。
艾夫斯認(rèn)為,,在未來(lái)幾個(gè)月,,完成對(duì)推特公司的收購(gòu)將帶來(lái)更多的問(wèn)題而不是答案,尤其是圍繞“X”應(yīng)用程序的未來(lái),。
他寫(xiě)道:“一旦馬斯克在周五接管推特公司,,圍繞平臺(tái)的變化、貨幣化努力,、即將進(jìn)行的裁員以及圍繞‘X’應(yīng)用程序的長(zhǎng)期戰(zhàn)略,,主要問(wèn)題將持續(xù)存在?!?/p>
周四,,馬斯克在推特上發(fā)表了一份聲明,試圖澄清他收購(gòu)該公司背后的企圖,,稱(chēng)他希望創(chuàng)建一個(gè)“可以以健康的方式討論各種信仰的數(shù)字城市廣場(chǎng)”,。
“這就是我收購(gòu)?fù)铺毓镜脑颉N疫@么做不是因?yàn)檫@很容易,。我這么做不是為了賺更多的錢(qián),。我這么做是為了幫助我深?lèi)?ài)的人類(lèi)?!彼麑?xiě)道,。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
With his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter coming to a close, Elon Musk arrived at the social media giant’s headquarters on Wednesday carrying a sink.
The 51-year-old Tesla CEO shared a video of himself walking into Twitter’s swanky San Francisco offices with the caption: “Entering Twitter HQ—let that sink in!”
All strained puns aside, after months of back and forth court battles and social media drama, Twitter and Musk have agreed to terms, thanks in part to a Delaware court.
But Wedbush Securities tech analyst Dan Ives is warning that those terms aren’t exactly favorable for the world’s richest man.
“The $44 billion price tag for Twitter will go down as one of the most overpaid tech acquisitions in the history of M&A deals on the Street in our opinion,” Ives wrote in a Thursday note to clients. “Musk buying Twitter remains a major head-scratcher.”
Ives argued that Twitter’s fair value is just $25 billion, meaning Musk overpaid by some $19 billion. And although it took the Tesla CEO months to complete his acquisition of Twitter, the real work is just beginning.
“As we have discussed, the easy part for Musk was buying Twitter, the difficult part and Everest-like uphill battle looking ahead will be fixing this troubled asset,” Ives wrote.
Twitter hasn’t exactly been hitting its stride in recent quarters. The company missed analyst earnings estimates in the second quarter and saw its revenue decline 1% to $1.18 billion.
Management blamed the poor results on “advertising industry headwinds associated with the macroenvironment,” which isn’t great news considering Alphabet’s earnings revealed further weakness in the advertising space just this week.
Alphabet’s revenue growth shrank from 41% in the third quarter a year ago to just 6% in the same quarter this year. And YouTube, which relies on advertising, was particularly affected.
CFO Ruth Porat said during the company’s earnings call that YouTube’s revenue decline “primarily reflects further pullbacks in advertiser spends.”
Since Twitter earned nearly 90% of its revenues from advertising in 2021, Musk clearly has his work cut out for him to get the company running on all cylinders. But he could drastically improve the firm’s profitability by cutting staff. And rumors that he might slash up to 75% of Twitter’s workforce have been swirling in recent weeks.
However, on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that the rumors appear to be, well, just rumors. Musk told Twitter staff that he didn’t plan to cut 75% of the workforce on his first day in the office, according to unnamed sources.
The Tesla CEO and now “Chief Twit” of Twitter also said that he plans to double Twitter’s revenue within three years, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, again citing unnamed sources. But how he might accomplish this task is still up for debate, Ives said.
Musk has made various proposals for how he might boost Twitter’s revenue, from changing up the company’s leadership to creating a new “everything app,” which he calls the “X” app.
“Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app,” he tweeted on Oct. 4, adding that the acquisition could accelerate the app’s creation by up to five years.
The “X” app would be modeled after China’s “super app” WeChat, and include everything from video chats and messaging to streaming and payments. But so far, Musk hasn’t given any details on the timeline for “X” app’s creation or its link to Twitter.
Ives argued that the completion of the Twitter acquisition will lead to more questions than answers in the months ahead, especially surrounding the future of the “X” app.
“Once Musk takes over Twitter on Friday, major questions will remain around changes to the platform, monetization efforts, headcount cuts on the horizon, and the long-term strategy around the ‘X’ App,” he wrote.
Musk put out a statement on Twitter on Thursday attempting to clarify the reasons behind his acquisition of the company, arguing that he hopes to create a “digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.”
“That is why I bought Twitter. I didn’t do it because it was easy. I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love,” he wrote.