This is a fun one. I got the idea from Matt Levine at Bloomberg.
- DJT recently announced its third-quarter earnings: _a $19.2 million loss on $1 million of revenue._
- Yet DJT's market capitalization is ~ a staggering $7.4 billion
So whats up with the valuation?
One possible answer lies in the world of _reverse mergers._
Why doesn’t Musk use DJT’s public listing to take his private company, X (formerly Twitter), public again.
- X has lost value as a private company — forced to rely on cash flows without benefitting from speculation.
- A publicly listed X would leverage the meme-stock story driven valuations (like we see in DJT).
- Then I can imagine Musk following the Michael Saylor playbook with bitcoin treasury gymnastics and create shareholder value at of thin air. Can you imagine. BLAST OFF!!
Here’s the original Matt Levine that got me on this idea:
_“If Twitter is a private company and you own almost all of the equity, you are mainly exposed to its cash flows, not the meme potential of its stock. If you take it public and sell a bunch of stock to your ardent fans, the business results matter less, and your ability to attract attention matters more."_