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r/investingr/investing· u/Plead_thy_fifth· 5d ago 0

I am officially taking my personal company public! Time to IPO and go from investing to invested in!!... (Hot take)

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The author jokingly values his side hustle using P/E ratios of TSLA, AVGO, LLY, and MA, sarcastically offering shares to Reddit users.

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I started my own company 3 years ago online on the side. I have a roughly 50% profit margin. The first year, revenue was $70k for the year. The next year was about $300k. My 2025 revenue was $700k, with just over $300k of net profit

I'm pretty happy about the company this far. I still have my full time job on the side, which ironically doesn't do as well as my company, but is far more stable. We have been doing really well. I have thought it over, and I think I'm going to IPO! And some of you fine ladies and gentlemen may have the first rare opportunity of owning some of my stock!

I don't want to get too technical, so first I must decide what my company is worth; I'll use current data from a ton of different sectors to get a good gauge.

\-Tesla had a net profit of $7.1 Bill last year, and has a market cap of 1.47 Trillion; so a \\Price /earnings ratio of: 207\\

\-Broadcom had a net profit of $23 Billion last year, and has a market cap of 1.83 Trillion, so a \\Price/earnings ratio of: 79\\

\-Eli Lilly And Co had a net profit of $20 Bill last year, and has a market cap of 1.07 Trillion; so a \\Price /earnings ratio of: 53\\

\-Mastercard had a net profit of $15 Billion last year, and has a market cap of $434 Billion; so a \\price/earnings ratio of: 29\\

Alright, so net profit / market cap ratio 's (that's what a P/E ratio is); seem to be 29-207. Let's come up with what my company would be worth on both ends!

\\At $300k net profit \* the P/E ratio of Tesla = $62 million!

At $300k net profit \ the P/E ratio of Mastercard = $8.8 million!\\*

That's amazing, I will gladly go publicly traded for these numbers. I think I'll start by selling 20% of my company for $1.7 - 12 million. This will change my life forever, and I'll still own 80% of the company and profits! So now let me ask you, my dear investors; are you ready to embark on this adventure with me, and secure 20% of my profits ($60k); for a low low cost of $12 million?? ROI Is only 200 years.

I've seen recently people posting they are hesitant with the current market because conditions and numbers are just not making sense anymore; and they are berated and flooded with down votes and comments mimicking the gamestop and Bitcoin bro's, "always keep buying in, or you will miss out!!". Believe it or not, numbers do matter, and their feelings are justified; across the board markets are reaching extremely unstable numbers and ratio's and the amount of investors who can't explain a P/E or why it's important, and preaching to buy. Stock advice from the shoe shiners or something like that, right?

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