Google's Youtube Could Be Worth $80B as Stand-Alone, Says BofA/ML (GOOGL) (GOOG)

BofA/Merrill Lynch maintained a Buy rating on Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) with a price target of $650. Analyst Justin Post described YouTube as a "big asset that warrants big valuation." He estimates $8 billion in revenue in 2015 and $13 billion by 2017. Stand-alone valuation potential could be $70 billion based on revenue, and $80-$90 billion based on social user and usage valuation comparisons.

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Shares of Google closed at $547.19 yesterday.

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