
Large technology companies are often hard for analysts and traders to value, with many moving parts. Sometimes this leads to the “sum of the parts” trading at a discount to the value of the businesses if they were to be spun off as independent companies.
What Happened: Well-known tech investor Gene Munster, who is a managing partner of Loup Ventures, argues that Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) is trading at a discount with investors getting the company’s retail business for free.