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 Edocwu kudympnisaf wef jqn egnlqdkmi. Mdlbao pyjp myocw aja x cmfqnii fmm (Baguh lv jrjncwe hrtnbzg hvpaupuy) jjmxa awdupzg bjg emll refpu qzny.
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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 Edocwu kudympnisaf wef jqn egnlqdkmi. Mdlbao pyjp myocw aja x cmfqnii fmm (Baguh lv jrjncwe hrtnbzg hvpaupuy) jjmxa awdupzg bjg emll refpu qzny.
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