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What the Largest Social Media Companies Are Worth :

• In 2010, LinkedIn made about $200 million in sales. In 2011, its stock price suggests a market cap of $9 billion. Trading at 45 times its revenue makes LinkedIn the highest price-revenue ratio of any stock in the world, said Espen Robak, president of the firm Pluris Valuation Advisors.
• Facebook is expecting a $100 billion valuation by IPO in 2012.
• Twitter has the highest current revenue-valuation ratio.
• What kind of wild valuation multiples could we see from the next batch of upstarts?
• The cool chart below* answers that question.