Sentence examples for steep valuation from inspiring English sources

THERE are lots of reasons to question Deutsche Telekom's $46.5-billion 46.5-billioneStream, ranging from political obidctions to its steep valuation oforhe American firm's customers.

And the company now trades at a steep valuation of about 55 times its 2012 earnings estimate, more than double the average valuation of other global luxury brands.

Mr. Mattes, who previously founded Jajah, an Internet phone company that was sold to Telefonica in 2009 for $207 million, said Felix's willingness to invest at a steep valuation, with no strings attached, was too compelling to turn down.

It is currently losing money but by next year should be profitable and selling across the board at steep valuation discounts to its industry peers.

It is losing money but by next year should be profitable and selling at steep valuation discounts to its industry peers.

We hear Square's funding was a competitive round, but have also heard that several of the top firms we expected to be in the running had some concerns about the steep valuation relative to Square's traction, despite admiration for Dorsey and the team.

But the company's stock price, as well as the steep valuations of target banks and brokers, will make any kind of flashy merger hard to pull off.

For every Facebook, Groupon or Zynga, known for its Farmville game, there are scores of lesser-known start-ups like Mr. Morin's that are raising millions in financing at steep valuations, turning computer programmers into paper millionaires overnight.

But I have also argued that we should be cautious about running to our bubble bunkers, since these steep valuations also come at a time when technology adoption is faster than ever, and startups can thus grow exponentially in heretofore impossible periods of time.

The deal is understood to have broken down when David Frank, the chief executive of RDF, took it to the company's advisers, Investec, who warned that the valuation was too steep for a company whose main asset is Channel 4's New Paul O'Grady Show.

That's a steep drop from the $700 million valuation of its previous rounds.