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A look at the numbers: CentralNic goes public

A look at the numbers: CentralNic goes public

CentralNic went public yesterday. Here are some of the firm’s financials.

CentralNicYesterday CentralNic, a firm best known for offering third level domain names similar to ccTLDs, went public.

The firm plans to use proceeds for a number of purposes, counting investing in some fresh TLD applications (e.g. funding auctions) and building a domain registrar business.

Here’s a look at the some of the firm’s numbers.

Market cap at placing: £32.5 million
2012 revenue: £2.933 million
2012 revenue from domain sales: £2.479 million
2012 revenue from consultancy: £0.424 million
2012 profit following tax: £0.593 million
P/E at placing price: appx 55
Number of TLDs its clients applied for: 60
Number of uncontested TLDs its clients applied for: 25 (includes .xyz, .ink, .feedback)
Registrations of .pw (5 months to July 31), with CentralNic as registry: 280,000

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