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M & A wrap: Glencore and Xstrata in mega merger talks Related Topics Tech » Media » Facebook » By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Feb 2, 2012 3:01pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares jumped to their highest level of 2012 Thursday as the daily deal company got a boost from social networking euphoria sparked by Facebook's IPO filing. Facebook filed to raise about $5 billion Wednesday in what would be the largest Internet IPO ever. A possible valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion for the world's largest social networking company encouraged some investors to lift valuation estimates on other companies in the sector, according to Sameet Sinha, an analyst at B. Riley & Co. "When a major IPO like this gets going, all stocks in the same sector get a boost as they are valued relative to the IPO," Sinha said. Shares of LinkedIn, the leading social network for professionals, hit $77.84, the highest level in almost three months, before trading up 5.8 percent at $76.57 on the New York Stock Exchange. Groupon shares jumped 8.3 percent to $23.28. The stock hit $24.22 earlier, the highest since December 16. Groupon does not run a social network, but the largest daily deal company is often lumped into the sector because its business has some social networking aspects. The company's deals are often shared by subscribers through Facebook and they are triggered when a certain number of consumers purchase the coupon. Zynga, the largest social games developer, has a closer relationship with Facebook. Wednesday's IPO filing revealed that Zynga accounted for 12 percent of Facebook's $3.7 billion in revenue last year. That information helped Zynga's shares soar to their highest level since the company's December IPO. TEMPORARY GAINS Such gains may be temporary, especially for companies like Groupon that have less of a direct relationship to Facebook, Sinha warned. When Facebook's IPO progresses, investors will likely need to sell some of their existing holdings of social networking stocks to raise the cash required to buy Facebook stock, he explained. "When the IPO actually happens, where do you get the budget to buy that stock? You sell from some of the related holdings," the analyst said. "There is only so much allocation that investors can have to social networking stocks." RESULTS, RIVAL Sinha and others said Groupon shares may be climbing for other reasons. Groupon is due to report its first quarterly results as a public company on February 8. Companies that have recently sold shares in IPOs typically report strong results during the first few quarters following their debuts, Sinha explained. IPOs involve persuading lots of new investors to back business models that are often riskier than those of more established public companies. "If they come out and miss their first quarter, they destroy trust on Wall Street," Sinha said. Jeffrey Houston, an analyst at Barrington Research, is expecting Groupon to report fourth-quarter results that match or beat Wall Street forecasts. Groupon is expected to report earnings of 3 cents per share on revenue of $475 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Houston said Groupon shares may also be rising on new disclosures from Amazon.com Inc, which owns almost a third of rival daily deal company LivingSocial. LivingSocial lost $558 million in 2011, Amazon reported in a regulatory filing Wednesday. That suggested the competitive threat from LivingSocial may not be as strong as previously thought, putting Groupon in a more positive light, Houston said. 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