Summary | By comparison, Facebook paid US$55 per user when it
acquired the company. WhatsApp's net loss was US$138.1 million
for 2013. The valuation of the deal was already regarded as
lofty, at 19 times projected sales. Its loss widened from
US$54.7 million, the filing showed. The app now has more than
half a billion users. Facebook already had a product for ...
scmp.com | 10 December 2014