Comments on: Kayak's Projected Market Cap: At Least $705M

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By: Ilan Ben Menachem

Ilan Ben Menachem — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:16:09 +0000

Annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18 percent from 2009 to 2012 this is the estimates Kayak’s market cap at between $705 and $771 million .Kayak has raised good business in so many field. becoz target $305 million in 2014 with EBITDA margins of 30-35 percent.So we hope for the best in future.

By: Greg Gentschev

Greg Gentschev — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:26 +0000

I hope that $100 million marketing budget isn't annual. Let's assume these numbers are in the right ballpark, although of course they're all estimates. In that case, they'd be spending $100 million in marketing to get from $180 million to $210 million from 2010-2011. With a 30-35% EBITDA margin, that's about $9-10 million of additional operating margin. Could they really be spending $100 million a year to make $10 million more a year?

By: Rag

Rag — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:52:59 +0000

It takes $224m to build a service like kayak? I have used it many a times, but there is no match for googling for deals on your own and finding the best deal out there. And, it doesn't take a lot of effort at all, just some patience. So, unless services like kayak provide better value than just listing prices from others, they will not survive for long, or easily replaceable by another service in matter of time.