Pinterest
Expected IPO date: 2019. Pinterest filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in March.
Estimated IPO value: $12.3 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Pinterest's S-1.
Revenue: $755.9 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 16.3x
Airbnb
Expected IPO date: 2019, but the co-founder said in comments to Business Insider in March that it may not go public this year.
Estimated IPO value: $31 billion
Estimated revenue: $2.76 billion
Price-to-sales ratio: 11.2x
Palantir
Expected IPO date: As soon as the second half of 2019, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
Estimated IPO value: $41 billion
Estimated revenue: $750 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 54.6x
Snap
IPO date: March 1, 2017
IPO value: $24 billion
Revenue: $404.5 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 59.3x
Alibaba
IPO date: September 18, 2014
IPO value: $168 billion
Revenue: $8.44 billion
Price-to-sales ratio: 19.9x
Twitter
IPO date: November 6, 2013
IPO value: $14.2 billion
Revenue: $639.8 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 22.2x
Facebook
IPO date: May 17, 2012
IPO value: $104 billion
Revenue: $3.711 billion
Price-to-sales ratio: 28x
eBay
IPO date: September 23, 1998
IPO value: $715 million
Revenue: $14.922 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 47.9x
Amazon
IPO date: May 14, 1997
IPO value: $413 million
Revenue: $15.75 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 26.2x
Yahoo
IPO date: April 11, 1996
IPO value: $334 million
Revenue: $1.41 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 238.6x
Netscape
IPO date: August 8, 1995
IPO value: $927 million
Revenue: $5.4 million
Price-to-sales ratio: 171.6x