holding an Initial Public Offering (IPO), acquiring another facility out right, or merging with another facility. This will be to compare and contrast each of these resource opportunities and to ultimately decide on a course of action. Strengths of the Various Resource Opportunities As stated, FPCH has various opportunities to generate an influx of resources in order to be able to expand their operations. The first of these opportunities is to enter an IPO. An IPO is the initial sale of stock in the
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up with its competition. In order to remain at the forefront of the competition, Gene One’s management team believed that they would have to go public within the next three years. However, in order to be successful in its endeavors, Gene One needs IPO capital for new development, marketing and advertisement. Gene One’s CEO and his Board have devised a clear strategy with the help of key members in the investment community. By implementing this strategy, Gene One hopes to establish the company
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alternatives. The purpose is to raise capital from Hertz by issuing and IPO. The second option is an LBO. The “Bidding Group”, is the buyer for the LBO, which consists of Carlyle, Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice. They are from the Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity group. The question is what should the minimum and maximum price be accepted and paid for such deals. The Minimum price that Ford should accept for Hertz is the price of the IPO, which is 13.7 billion. This calculation is based on the pro froma
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1997 Netscape's Initial Public Offering op yo August 8, 1995 had taken an unexpected turn for Netscape Communications Corporation’s board of directors. Earlier that morning, the day before the company’s scheduled initial public offering (IPO), Netscape’s lead underwriters proposed to the board a 100% increase in the original offering price from $14 to $28 per share. This recommendation came in response to the remarkable oversubscription for Netscape’s shares, which had already prompted
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Pricing of the Issue There is a lot of work, research, and preparation that goes into an initial public offering. Setting a price for the IPO is a critical step with several factors to consider. Most new securities have their price set by an underwriter. One thing an underwriter must consider is the consequences of setting the issue price of the new offering. If the price is too high, the investment bank that initially purchases the securities will have trouble selling them. If the price is too
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ROSETTA STONE: pricing the 2009 IPO Teaching Note This case examines the April 2009 decision of Rosetta Stone management to price the initial public offering of Rosetta Stone stock during one of the most difficult periods in capital-raising history. The case outlines Rosetta Stone’s unique language-learning strategy and its associated strong financial performance. Students are invited to value the stock and take a position on whether the current $15 to $17 per share filing
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS IPO VALUATION Teaching Note This case examines the April 2002, decision of JetBlue management to price the initial public offering of JetBlue stock during one of the worst periods in airline history. The case outlines JetBlue’s innovative strategy and the associated strong financial performance over its initial two years. Students are invited to value the stock and take a position on whether the current $25–$26 per share filing range is appropriate. The case is designed
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this memorandum is to discuss the JetBlue case study, and review my answers to the specified questions. I will elaborate as to which price I believe JetBlue should choose for their initial public offering (IPO), and why JetBlue should choose that price. The first step in determining JetBlue’s IPO price is analyzing specific ratios of publicly traded competitors in JetBlue’s industry. I analyzed the Price-to-Earnings multiples, Cash Flow multiples, Total Assets multiples, and the Revenue multiples
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anticipated pricing of the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) was underway, and in three hours, McNeil was scheduled to provide the lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, with CXT’s final indication of his interest in the deal. Gesturing to Facebook’s preliminary prospectus (“Red Herring”), McNeil continued, “We have done our analysis, and we would like to present our recommendation on whether or not to buy shares in Facebook’s IPO.” Having been marketed with an initial price range in the high
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share is first issued in the form of IPO (Initial Public Offering) and after issuing the share it is listed on exchange and share is traded on exchange where shares can be bought and sold this is secondary market. In India mainly there are two exchanges –NSE (National Stock Exchange) BSE-Bombay Stock Exchange. The BSE is the oldest exchange in India (started in 1875).NSE started operation on 1994. Today NSE outpaced BSE in volume of trade (2) IPO or Initial Public Offer is a way
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