Facebook became the second in capitalization of the Internet company in the world

According to SHARESPOST Internet sites, where shares of non-public companies are sold, taking into account the prices at which Facebook papers are now sold in the secondary market, the capitalization of the network has reached $ 82.9 billion, and since mid-December 2010 it has grown by almost 40%.

At the same time, Amazon shares on the Nasdaq open area on Friday fell in price by 7.2%, which occurred after the weak quarterly report of the company. Now Amazon capitalization is $ 77.2 billion.

Thus, the market value of the largest world social network exceeded the capitalization of Amazon. Now Facebook is inferior only to Google, reports CyberSecurity.ru .

Demand for papers Facebook is growing, as advertisers invest more and more money in advertising on this network, and this entails the growth of its financial indicators. According to the forecast of the analytical company Emarketer, this year the company's advertising revenue will reach $ 4.05 billion, which is twice as much as last year.

At the end of last year, Facebook capitalization has already circled the similar indicator of the EBAY online auction.

Soon, most likely, Facebook will have to publish its financial indicators, since now the company has a lot of third -party investors who have no idea about the operational financial results of the company. The fact that the company is not public, and may not be such until April 2012.

According to the rules adopted in the United States, a company that has at least $ 10 million and more than 500 shareholders should disclose its financial results and other details on a quarterly basis in order to provide investors with long -term data on the state of the company.

According to representatives of the securities and exchanges commission, if the company continues the previously taken development course, then soon the number of its shareholders will overcome the mark of 500 papers.

According to experts, the limit by the number of shareholders will be overcome this year. However, so far officially neither Facebook, nor the largest shareholders, nor the American stock regulator, the possibility of publishing financial data is commenting on the possibility of publishing.