Tesla bull Wedbush weighed the potential of CEO Elon Musk shopping for social media platform TikTok, which is about to be banned in america in lower than every week.
Some are speculating that Musk may very well be a great purchaser, as he has already bought one platform in Twitter, which he modified to X. Final night, a report from Bloomberg said that sources near the matter mentioned China was mulling Musk as a possible purchaser of the platform to maintain it working within the U.S.
With the tales persisting and plenty of how Musk might buy the platform, Wedbush’s Dan Ives revealed a observe on Tuesday morning driving dwelling the concept the Tesla frontman being on the helm of TikTok might make sense:
“Given the sturdy and rising alliance between Trump and Musk this isn’t a complete shock route as behind the scenes the Trump White Home is options if the Supreme Court docket upholds the ban. As well as, Beijing/Xi Jinping has a robust relationship with Musk so there can be added consolation on this deal/potential partnership to keep away from a TikTok ban in our view.”
Ives particulars the concept President-elect Donald Trump’s need to “save” TikTok might straight tie into his relationship with Musk, who might buy the platform. It may be a possible political transfer on Trump’s finish because it might carry relations with China to a wholesome stage as he takes workplace.
The analyst then goes on to speak in regards to the potential pricing of the platform in addition to its potential to bolster power inside X, because it might combine TikTok as a function:
“We imagine within the situation that ByteDance bought the US operations of TikTok this may be with out the algorithm (ByteDance won’t ever promote this key DNA) at a price ticket seemingly within the $40 billion to $50 billion vary. This could considerably improve the worth of Twitter/X platform and sure Musk would take outdoors investments for this potential golden asset pickup. It’s additionally attainable that as a substitute of an outright sale this leads to a joint partnership with Musk enjoying a significant position and serving to keep away from a real ban of TikTok within the US.”
In what can be a transaction that would wish loads of negotiations, Ives sees TikTok being bought for between $40 billion and $50 billion, and integrating it into the X app can be monumental for its valuation. All in all, a purchase order by Musk or anybody else may very well be the one manner TikTok works round a ban within the U.S.
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