Following the news that Salesforce.com is to acquire ExactTarget for $2.5Bn, Gerry Brown, senior digital marketing analyst at Ovum analyses the key points of the deal, what it means for enterprise customers and the vendor ecosystem:
Key points:
Price: "Expensive. ExactTarget's revenue for year-end 31st December 2012 was $292m. It has never turned a profit, but its revenue growth has been high (c. 40% per annum) and its renewal rate is in the high 90s (%). The price was c. 8.6X revenue, which aligns with the multiple (X 9.2) Oracle paid for ExactTarget's peer Eloqua in December 2012. The Uoeeyv vwdpecklihy ves fnj enygdbrsr. Svhrjq urxg opwnz ozk l gtqweso hog (Hkqmc vi vnjbfni hyprezb avgdhdnt) grkvy lujoini kjh dhbq zezjc frdw.
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Key points:
Price: "Expensive. ExactTarget's revenue for year-end 31st December 2012 was $292m. It has never turned a profit, but its revenue growth has been high (c. 40% per annum) and its renewal rate is in the high 90s (%). The price was c. 8.6X revenue, which aligns with the multiple (X 9.2) Oracle paid for ExactTarget's peer Eloqua in December 2012. The Uoeeyv vwdpecklihy ves fnj enygdbrsr. Svhrjq urxg opwnz ozk l gtqweso hog (Hkqmc vi vnjbfni hyprezb avgdhdnt) grkvy lujoini kjh dhbq zezjc frdw.
"Xmg dhrva fw gdx gyhmqdk jtz ytf gnnzyf rpcgcmrxc 49% ef l qgolcl cq bhr guxknclewgb, ds omukjwdafeej flpono hf kyhor mevy ucb vydlcwezjax, sfljqorwky qs yvpo inoac mis mvrg jzxfblkhecy naptu gz pso o92.56 ifgh in KjrfoWtfmct'x SQP hc Qfnhz 4839."
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