Tableau files for IPO

#1

Post by benhamner » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 4:38 AM UTC

Tableau files for IPO
forbes.com

Re: Tableau files for IPO

#2

Post by benhamner » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:04 AM UTC

Interesting stats from their S-1 (http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303652/00011931251...):

- $127.7m 2012 revenue

- 749 full time employees at end of 2012

- 70% of revenue from product licenses; 30% from services

- 11,000 customer accounts

- No customer represented more than 5% of total revenue

Re: Tableau files for IPO

#3

Post by mrjaeger » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:15 AM UTC

Title should be renamed to reflect that revenue is $127.7mm, thought this was going to be an article decrying the crazy valuations some tech companies get.

Re: Tableau files for IPO

#4

Post by benhamner » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:17 AM UTC

mrjaeger wrote: post #3

Title should be renamed to reflect that revenue is $127.7mm, thought this was going to be an article decrying the crazy valuations some tech companies get.

Whoops! Unfortunate typo. Hopefully a mod will fix

Re: Tableau files for IPO

#5

Post by benatkin » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:19 AM UTC

benhamner wrote: post #4

mrjaeger wrote: post #3

Title should be renamed to reflect that revenue is $127.7mm, thought this was going to be an article decrying the crazy valuations some tech companies get.

Whoops! Unfortunate typo. Hopefully a mod will fix

I just added the m subconsciously.

Re: Tableau files for IPO

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Post by carterschonwald » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:25 AM UTC

benhamner wrote: post #2

Interesting stats from their S-1 ( http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303652/00011931251... ): - $127.7m 2012 revenue - 749 full time employees at end of 2012 - 70% of revenue from product licenses; 30% from services - 11,000 customer accounts - No customer represented more than 5% of total revenue

thats a really really durable robust company profile. Congrats to them.

Re: Tableau files for IPO

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Post by dude_abides » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:43 AM UTC

Do companies, at this stage, announce what the IPO issuing price (or market cap) will be? If so, what is theirs? If not, any guesses what it will be?

It is not in Splunk's league, but it is definitely a solid product, with a great growth prospect.

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#8

Post by johnpowell » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 5:44 AM UTC

mrjaeger wrote: post #3

Title should be renamed to reflect that revenue is $127.7mm, thought this was going to be an article decrying the crazy valuations some tech companies get.

I thought the same. The scary thing I wasn't totally surprised that they planned a IPO when the revenue wasn't enough buy a iPod Touch.

Re: Tableau files for IPO

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Post by derwiki » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 6:17 AM UTC

dude_abides wrote: post #7

Do companies, at this stage, announce what the IPO issuing price (or market cap) will be? If so, what is theirs? If not, any guesses what it will be? It is not in Splunk's league, but it is definitely a solid product, with a great growth prospect.

Issue price is sort of arbitrary. Right before the Yelp IPO, they did a 4-to-1 reverse split to change the share price from $7/share to $28/share (rough numbers).

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Post by glaugh » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 6:35 AM UTC

I can't believe the stock symbol "DATA" wasn't taken already.