Yahoo Is Pretty Much Worthless, In Wall Street's Opinion

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With Yahoo's shares trading just over $14, investors are telling the world that its core business is worthless, says Aaron Kessler of ThinkEquity.

Kessler did a sum-of-the-parts analysis of Yahoo, and estimated that Yahoo's assets are worth $15.29 per share in total. If you discount 30% to factor in tax implications from selling, Yahoo's assets are worth $9.50 per share (not counting cash).

In other words, if you stripped out the strategic investments and just looked at Yahoo's core business, it's only worth $4 or less, says Wall Street.

Here's the breakdown via Eric Savitz at Barron's:

Yahoo! Japan: The company owns a 34.9% stake; on an undiscounted basis, he calculates, the stake is worth $4.88 a share. Alibaba.com: Yahoo has a 29% stake, worth $2.10 a share on an undiscounted basis. Alibaba Group: Yahoo has a 40% stake, which he estimates is worth $5.61 a share. The company has $2.70 a share in cash.

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