Five9 investors may do Zoom a favor - Reuters

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A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Zoom Video Communications’ (ZM.O) acquisition of Five9 (FIVN.O) is unraveling. Washington watchdogs are probing the transaction and Five9 investors may not vote for the all-stock deal read more . The value of what Zoom is offering has fallen from $13.6 billion to about $10.4 billion in roughly two months and is now below Five9’s market capitalization. Zoom should see this as an opportunity.

True, the company run by Eric Yuan could offer more stock or add cash. It has $5 billion on its balance sheet. But it was already paying a pretty penny , about 28 times Five9’s sales for the 12 months ending June. That’s above what fellow communications-software hotshots Twilio (TWLO.N), Nice (NICE.TA) and LivePerson (LPSN.O) command, according to data from Refinitiv.

Zoom hoped to cross-sell its offering with Five9’s to boost growth as things return to normal read more , which makes strategic sense. But not at any price. In any case, analysts still reckon Zoom’s top line will increase nearly 19% to $4.7 billion at the end of January 2023, and it still trades at 17 times forward sales. Staying solo a while longer isn’t so bad. (By Jennifer Saba)

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