LinkedIn share price takes 11% hit as growth slows
LinkedIn has seen its share price slump by 11 per cent after investors were spooked by slowing growth at the social networking site, despite sales in the first quarter of $324.7m.
This figure represents a year-on-year growth rate of 72 per cent and exceeds analysts’ estimates of just $317m.
Nevertheless a mood of pessimism hit the firms stock in the expectation that next quarters figures will falter after LinkedIn estimated sales of between $342m and $347m – just 50-52 per cent higher than the equivalent figure a year ago.
LinkedIn states that it has now reached 225m users and has launched a range of new products over the last few weeks; including media-centric profiles, improved contacts management and updated smartphone apps.