VALUATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SECTOR COMPANIES

It is believed in the market that “Technology has the shelf life of a banana.” If that happens then what factors drives the value of Information Technology based companies whose survival is totally dependent on that. The answer of this question is not so easy as it appears to be, As whatever the size of organizations, large or small, face the same dilemma: Scare resources, choosing and deploying the right resources at right time & at right place to maximize the organization performance.

"It has been observed that the Valuation trend in the high growth segment of IT industry (E-Commerce & Social Networking) is on an upswing and though there exist limited public listed companies in this segment, majorly all trade at very high valuation multiples with corresponding high volatility owing to their sensitive business models, prone to competition with new technology and recent developments. Where would their Valuations be stabilized would be decided in times to come."