ValueClick, Inc. (VCLK)

TMFBreakerRick (< 20) Submitted: 4/16/07 11:07 AM : Start Price: $28.77 VCLK Score: -36.60

Now that DoubleClick is being acquired for $3.1 billion by Google, how much more is ValueClick worth? Leep in mind that ValueClick's revenues soared 79% higher last year to $545.6 million. A lot of that was acquisition-related, yet organic top line growth still clocked in at an impressive 34%. Earnings per share inched 38% higher to $0.62 a share. The bottom line boost would have been 56% without the expensing of stock-based compensation. DoubleClick is a laggard, with reports of last year's top line clocking in between $150 million to $200 million. If DoubleClick is worth $3.1 billion, shouldn't ValueClick be worth more -- a whole lot more -- than its present $2.9 billion market cap?

Suitors, start your bidding engines! It's hard to fathom a scenario in which ValueClick isn't worth a lot more in a matter of months.

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