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THE ANTHROPIC IPO WORKSHEET

What price does the story deserve?

One downloadable worksheet: inspect the company valuation, the growth hurdle and an indirect fund route. Research companion · 2 November 2026.

Educational scenarios only. The working range below reproduces chosen revenue-multiple assumptions; it is not an independently validated fair value, a forecast or a buy/sell recommendation. No confirmed ANT offer price is supplied.

01 / WORKING VALUATION

Change the assumptions.

Media-reported Q3 revenue: USD 16.8 billion; not located in the cited S-1 financial tables. Bloomberg · 14 October, updated 15 October 2026. The 12–18× interval comes from the Kavout sensitivity exercise; no comparable-company study or DCF has established these as the right multiples.

ScenarioCompany equity valuePer share

Quarterly revenue × annualization factor × chosen multiple = equity value. This is equity/sales, not enterprise-value/sales. Annualizing one quarter is a mechanical calculation, not a full-year revenue forecast. Per-share results remain blank until you supply a verified, consistent, split-adjusted diluted denominator. Final offer proceeds, new shares, options, RSUs, convertibles, cash and debt require separate treatment. A 10-for-one split is described in the S-1; do not mix pre-split and post-split counts.

02 / EXPECTATIONS TEST

What growth does your entry require?

Required ending annual revenue. Formula: entry × (1 + annual return)^years × (1 + share-count growth) ÷ ending multiple.

Excludes dividends, tax, trading costs and detailed cash/debt movements. New share issuance may finance growth; the calculation does not model its productive use. Margins and capital commitments are outside this simple model.

03 / AN INDIRECT ROUTE

DXYZ price versus reported NAV

DXYZ is a listed closed-end fund. At 30 June 2026, the issuer listed 14.4% Anthropic look-through economic exposure as a share of its unaudited investment portfolio, via an SPV. This is not a percentage of net asset value or direct ANT ownership. Its portfolio table includes cash/equivalents at 57.3%; reported NAV was USD 34.30 per share. Later investments can change the mix. Issuer data.

The 26 May 2026 prospectus estimated total annual expenses at 4.56% of net assets attributable to common stock for that fiscal year. This is not a guaranteed future expense ratio. The advisory management fee is separately specified as 2.5% of average gross assets; it is not the all-in expense figure. Prospectus fee table.

Price ÷ reported NAV − 1. A discount to old reported NAV does not establish a bargain. Private marks can be stale; fees, liquidity, other holdings and the market's premium/discount affect the result. Holding DXYZ is different from owning ANT shares directly. The fund prospectus describes price volatility and loss risk. No current DXYZ quote is fetched.

04 / A CONDITIONAL GAME PLAN

Write down the conditions before acting.

  1. Confirm offer terms, class rights, the relevant diluted share count and any split adjustment. Work from your executable entry price.
  2. Compare implied company value with several defensible scenarios. Record why you chose the multiples and what would change them.
  3. Test a weaker-growth case, share issuance and a lower exit multiple. Document expenses and funding obligations.
  4. Choose between direct exposure, an indirect fund, or waiting. Fund access adds a separate NAV/fee/portfolio check.
  5. Define invalidation, maximum tolerable loss and no-chase conditions before a trade. This worksheet supplies no individualized position size or trade trigger.

SPCX example: SpaceX's announced IPO offer was USD 135 per share on 11 June 2026. The allocation price does not establish what an exchange buyer paid. No opening-price or subsequent-return claim is supplied here. SpaceX announcement.

What would make you revise the thesis?

Sources and dates

Kavout InvestGPT scenario supplied by the creator, accessed 1 November 2026: selected 12–18× equity/sales multiples. This AI-assisted scenario is not independent proof of intrinsic value. Kavout. Other figures link to dated public issuer documents and media reporting in the relevant sections above.

The downloaded HTML works offline. Links to sources need an internet connection. No account, price feed or external script is required. These inputs are examples and editable assumptions, not confirmed offering terms.

Educational information only; not personalized investment, tax or legal advice. Trading and investing involve risk, including loss of principal. Hypothetical outcomes and past results do not guarantee future performance. Information is dated and can change. Aria is the channel's virtual presenter; research and editorial decisions are human-led.

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