Yesterday Confluent filed their initial S1 statement. A S-1 is a document companies file with the SEC in preparation for listing their shares on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ. The document contains a plethora of information on the company including a general overview, up to date financials, risk factors to the business, cap table highlights and much more. The purpose of the detailed information is to help investors (both institutional and retail) make informed investment decisions. There’s a lot of info to digest, so in the sections below I’ll try and pull out the relevant financial information and benchmark it against current cloud businesses. As far as an expected timeline - typically companies launch their roadshow ~3 weeks after filing their initial S-1 (the roadshow launches with an updated S-1 that contains a price range). After the roadshow launch there’s typically ~2 weeks before the stock starts trading. So we’re looking at roughly 5 weeks before any retail investor can buy the stock.
I was looking forward to this IPO but the financials don't seem to be anything special compared to other SaaS companies. Do you know what the valuation will be (EV / NTM)
I was looking forward to this IPO but the financials don't seem to be anything special compared to other SaaS companies. Do you know what the valuation will be (EV / NTM)
Thanks for the great post, Jiamin. Just wondering why rule of 40 is calculated as LTM rev growth + LTM FCF margin as opposed to profit margin. Thanks.