IPO Pick of the Week: Zillow

Based in Seattle, Washington, Zillow ( Z ) has scheduled a $59 million IPO with a market capitalization of $461 million at a price range mid-point of $17 for Wednesday, July 20. The full IPO calendar for the week of July 18th includes seven IPOs.

Zillow is our IPO pick of the week for several reasons.

Growth appears to be accelerating, based on comparing the March quarter with the December quarter: Premier agent subscribers up 32%, unique users up 36%. Gross profit has increased to 84% from 60% since 2008. According to Inman.com Zillow was the third most popular real estate in May. Yahoo was number 1. HomeAway ( AWAY ) was number 18. The competitive moat that Zillow is surrounding itself with appears to be a real barrier to competition. Monthly unique users for the three months ended March 2011 increased to 17.3 million, up from 12.7 million for the Dec. 2010 quarter. The Yahoo strategic relationship could be very important to Zillow. During the three months ended March 31, Z began to recognize revenues related to its strategic relationship with Yahoo Real Estate. Under this strategic relationship, Z provides real estate listings to Yahoo Real Estate and has exclusive rights to sell real estate agent advertising and certain graphical advertising for display on the Yahoo Real Estate site. Marketplace revenues show very good sequential quarterly growth. Positive cash flow was generated from operations for the three months ended March 2011 of $3.1 million, 31% of top line revenue.

At the price range mid-point of $17 and annualizing results for the March 2011 quarter, Zillow is priced at 10.2 times sales and 6.1 times book value. The price-to-earnings is a negative 144 (a higher negative ratio is better than a lower negative ratio).

Zillow Valuation Metrics

For metric comparisons with HomeAway based on Zillow’s original filing price range mid-point of $13, see HomeAway Overpriced Compared to Zillow .

Zillow is the leading real estate information marketplace. Z provides vital information about homes, real estate listings and mortgages through the Zillow website and mobile applications, enabling homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to connect with real estate and mortgage professionals best suited to meet their needs. Z believes it is transforming the way consumers make home-related decisions.

In December 2010, Z began collecting and displaying consumer-generated real estate agent ratings and reviews. By June 9, 2011, consumers had submitted more than 50,000 agent reviews published by Zillow. In February 2011, Z launched the strategic relationship with Yahoo Real Estate.

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