Paid Customers

Gross Profit, Operating Income, and Net Income as a percentage of Revenue

Gross Margin

Operating Margin

Profit Margin

Margins

An operating expense is an expense a business incurs through its normal business operations. Often abbreviated as OPEX.

Operating Expenses

Year over year growth in Revenue and Operating Expenses.

Revenue Y/Y

OpEx Y/Y

Growth

Shares outstanding refer to a company's stock currently held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders.

Outstanding Shares

Market Cap

Also known as Price/Sales Ratio. Calculated using Average market cap for the quarter / Annualized quarterly revenue.

Revenue Multiple

Slack

Slack Technologies, Inc.—acquired by Salesforce ($CRM) for $27.7B in July 2021—is a messaging platform businesses. Per the terms of the deal, Slack shareholders received $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce for each share owned. See the $CRM stock page for updates on Slack as a subsidiary of Salesforce.
Slack was founded by Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Bradley J. Horowitz, Eric Costello, Callum James Henderson-Begg, and Serguei Mourachov in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams. It allows users to exchange messages, share files, and integrate with various business tools and services. Slack is commonly used across various industries, from tech startups to large enterprises.

The market is pricing in great expectations.

1 Number That Should Terrify Slack Investors

Zoom Video

Two of the highest-flying now-public enterprise companies of the year — Slack and Zoom — are different in many ways, besides the fact that one is focused on workplace messaging, while the other is centered around video conferencing. Slack began life as a very different startup; Zoom founder Eric Yuan knew from the outset that […]

Slack and Zoom are flying high; they’re also being chased already by upstarts

Microsoft

As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the business collaboration and chat app as part of their daily work.

No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software

Following its IPO, the tech unicorn is now worth nearly triple its last valuation as a private company.

3 Reasons Slack Valuation Soared on Its First Day of Trading

Slack stock spiked higher on its IPO and could keep surging upward, but internal and external threats to the company make WORK risky.
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IPO Success Makes Slack Stock A Gamble, Not An Investment

Slack Technologies Inc (NYSE: WORK) hit the ground running on Thursday following its highly anticipated IPO.

Why Slack's IPO Investor Sentiment Might Be A Good Omen

The enterprise messaging company's capital-light model should help bolster free cash flow.

Slack Targeting Cash Flow Breakeven Before Profitability

Shares of Slack Technologies Inc, the fast-growing workplace messaging and communication platform, soared nearly 50% in their public trading debut on Thursday, valuing the company at more than $23 billion.

Slack stock surges at debut, values company at more than $23 billion

The company hasn't shown that it can make money.

Slack's Public Now. Here's What Investors Should Watch

Several venture capital firms hit the jackpot in the messaging app's big debut, but individual investors probably won't be so lucky.

Here's Who Won Big as Slack Went Public

Slack Technologies rose on its first day of public trading

The messaging startup flies by the initial $26 reference price.

Slack stock closes at $38.62 on first day of trading     - CNET

Slack stock close at $38.62 on first day of trading

It was a historic day for Slack (NYSE: WORK). The workplace communication software juggernaut debuted on the New York Stock Exchange up 48% at $38.50 per share after reports emerged Wednesday night that the business had agreed to a reference price of $26 per share.

Slack’s value rockets as stock closes up 48.5% in public debut

Work-messaging app Slack is the latest tech unicorn to charge Wall Street this year. Three experts lay out what comes next for the stock.

Slack gets to work – three experts weigh in on the stock's debut

The successful Wall Street debut of Slack Technologies Inc. is proving to be a successful route to public markets for the work-chat software company, but it’s not a recipe that will be easily duplicated.

MarketWatch First Take: Slack stock finds success, but that doesn’t mean other unicorns should follow the path

Slack (WORK) is the most recent listing, hitting the exchanges today and immediately surging more than 50% from its reference price. Slack has taken a much different approach to make their share available to the general public.

Slack Directly Hits The Markets

Slack stock jumps past $40 on first day of trading

Why dilute existing shareholders if you don't have to?

The Real Reason Why Slack Did a Direct Listing Instead of an IPO

And also why it didn't really pop that much at all.

Why Slack Stock Popped 61.5% at Its IPO

Slack did a direct listing instead of an IPO. That turned out to be a good move for CEO Stewart Butterfield, who became a billionaire with a net worth of $1.6 billion.

Slack’s Stock Pops And Makes CEO A Billionaire In Unusual Market Debut

Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WORK) shares have finally come public in its direct listing.

Slack Picks Up the Pace in Direct Listing

The initial public offering of Slack Technologies, the fast-growing workplace messaging and communication platform, opened at a price of $38.50 per share, valuing it at more than $23 billion, well above the $16 billion reference point set by the New York Stock Exchange. Slack went the unusual route of a direct listing on the New.

Slack starts trading on NYSE with $23B valuation

The workplace messaging company’s shares rose in early trading on the stock market on Thursday, following last month’s rocky initial public offering for Uber.

Slack Stock Soars as Messaging Company Goes Public

Slack Technologies stock began trading at 38.50 Thursday, about 48% above a reference price of 26 for the tech unicorn that took an uncommon path to the stock market.
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