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		steveplace on Jan 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If Facebook is Worth $50B, Apple is Worth $1.4T P/E should not be considered in a vacuum. The high valuation probably exists because there is a large expectation of earnings growth. I don't know if we can eyeball a PEG on FBOOK yet as we don't have the proper data but it's probably much different than AAPL (and especially T!), at least in the eyes of the investors.

yoseph on Jan 7, 2011 [–]

Steve,

Thanks for the comment. See my comments above for my discussion of the PEG ratio in this situation.

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