{"id":374565,"date":"2020-04-11T04:37:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T08:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financhill.com\/blog\/?p=374565"},"modified":"2023-08-23T04:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:52:03","slug":"how-to-buy-whatsapp-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financhill.com\/blog\/investing\/how-to-buy-whatsapp-stock","title":{"rendered":"How To Buy Whatsapp Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"

How To Buy Whatsapp Stock<\/em>: WhatsApp Messenger is one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet, with over 1.5 billion monthly active users<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, it’s number one among mobile messenger platforms, and second only to YouTube (2.5 billion<\/a>) and Facebook (1.69 billion<\/a>) among social networks. It became so popular so fast that Facebook (FB) bought WhatsApp in February 2014 for an estimated $20 billion, making it the 7th largest tech acquisition of all time.<\/a><\/p>\n

So why did Facebook do this, and how can you benefit from the decision?<\/p>\n

This guide will tell you everything you need to know about investing in WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

WhatsUp with WhatsApp?<\/h2>\n

You\u2019ve likely heard the tale of a Silicon Valley company getting overvalued, from Yahoo\u2019s $5.9 billion acquisition of Mark Cuban\u2019s now-defunct Broadcast.com to the cryptocurrency ICO crashes in the late 2010s, tech stocks are notoriously overpriced.<\/p>\n

When Facebook initially bid $16 billion for WhatsApp in 2013, it came at a time when the company already lost $138 million.<\/p>\n

This immediately drew the world\u2019s attention to WhatsApp, but it had over 200 million users already and was growing fast. By January 2015, it reached 700 million users. It was already the largest service of its kind.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp features grew in the late 2010s to include audio and video, VoIP, and more. It\u2019s even merging with Facebook Messenger<\/a> and Instagram to create a combined messaging platform across all three apps. Facebook also integrated WhatsApp into its Crisis Response disaster communications feature that\u2019s proven useful in past disasters.<\/p>\n

In fact, let\u2019s dive a little more into WhatsApp\u2019s role in Facebook, as it\u2019s important to understand when investing.<\/p>\n

Is WhatsApp Stock A Buy?<\/h2>\n

You can\u2019t buy WhatsApp stock without buying Facebook stock, so we\u2019ll need to examine the whole package.<\/p>\n

Facebook is, in the eyes of some, perched precariously in 2020, following CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s<\/a> 2018 Congressional hearing on Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. election cycle. The company is a mascot for consumer privacy issues in an election year.<\/p>\n

Despite the assertion that social networks shouldn\u2019t censor politicians<\/a> and that fact checking political ads is impossible<\/a> on Facebook, average citizens are being censored<\/a> for sharing political memes. Many critics point to the obvious fact that spreading messages on Facebook is a pay-to-play environment.<\/p>\n

In addition, Facebook is launching its Libra cryptocurrency<\/a> in 2020 and has long been encouraging users to send each other money via its channels.<\/p>\n