Investors pay for growth above all else . There are plenty of valid reasons to be skeptical of the WeWork IPO, including its corporate structure, the CEO's apparent conflicts of interest, and its sizable losses. What matters to Wall Street is expected growth and future cash flows not current revenues , which explains why WeWork is valued at $ 47bn while IWG has a market cap of $ 3.7bn , according to Motley Fool . WeWork has doubled its sales every year while IWG has barely outgrown the global economy , but much of the difference between the two firms can be attributed to the nature of the experience shared by the brands . When people think of co - working they think of WeWork in much the same way Amazon and Netflix are dealing with e - commerce and video streaming .
Investors pay for growth above all else . What matters to Wall Street is expected growth and future cash flows not current revenues , which explains why WeWork is valued at $ 47bn while IWG has a market cap of $ 3.7bn , according to Motley Fool . WeWork has doubled its sales every year while IWG has barely outgrown the global economy , but much of the difference between the two firms can be attributed to the nature of the experience shared by the brands . When people think of co - working they think of WeWork in much the same way Amazon and Netflix are dealing with e - commerce and video streaming .