}437 Valuing IPOs Moonchul Kim , Jay R. Ritter * Department of Accounting, KyungHee University, C1 Hoegie-Dong, Dongdaemun-Ku, Seoul 130-701, South Korea Department of Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7168, USA Received 3 June 1997; received in revised form 18 August 1998 Abstract The use of accounting information in conjunction with comparable "rm multiples is widely recommended for valuing initial public o!erings (IPOs). We "nd that
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weaknesses in its main business line? •Do you think Google should go public? To answer this question, list the pros and cons of doing an IPO, and assess these points in the context of Google. Consider Google’s competitive position in its industry, the market conditions, concerns of managers, firm’s financial health, etc. Pros and Cons of doing an IPO: Pros Cons An IPO allows a company to tap a wide pool of investors to provide itself with capital for future growth, repayment of debt or working capital
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TWITTER: IPO PAPER By: Jarmar Jackson 1. Identify the company and its industry. The name of the company I choose to do my IPO paper on is Twitter, Inc. (TWTR). Twitter is in the Technology/ Internet Information Provider industry. It is an online social networking website that allows users to send 140 character messages called “tweets”. The headquarters is located in San Francisco but it has more than 25 offices around the world. Twitter was launched by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz
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2011 Written by and property of Gwenny Loman & Renée Pelk “Relevant criteria in firm’s environment affecting IPO decision” BRM Project – IKEA + IPO Abstract This research is aimed at developing a new model that should be able to determine for each privately owned company whether going public is a possibility for attracting new capital. Research upon IPOs resulted in variables of which a conceptual and hypothesized model were created. A meta-analysis and case study should determine the
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Problem: Prada requires a significant amount of capital both to re-finance debt that is maturing in the next six to twelve months and to finance its intended growth into the Asian (especially Chinese) markets Alternative Solutions: #1) IPO: (Initial Public Offering) Cons: High tax and pricing "We received little demand from our (retail) clients for the (Prada) shares. It might be the 12.5 percent tax that scared them away and the pricing itself was expensive when it compared
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Rev. May 16, 1997 Netscape's Initial Public Offering 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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Today I will talk about Facebook; it’s a very topical subject particularly since Facebook submit paperwork to regulators for an IPO, 1 month ago. But let’s start with a little part of history * Histoire «From Harvard dorm room to all Canadian and US University : Mark Zuckerberg, 28, founded Facebook while studying psychology at Harvard University. Zuckerberg had already developed a number of social-networking websites for fellow students, including Facemash, where you could rate people's attractiveness
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China IPO and RTO Case 3. Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. Financial Frauds Price/Sales. From 2007 to 2010, the price/sales ratios were keeping much higher than the benchmark, which were 15.46, 13,86, 10.2 and 10.34 respectively. This red flag showed that the investors’ psychological expectation is higher than the company’s real value. What’s else, the declining trend of the ratio demonstrated the market value is getting closer to its real value. Large amount of cash. Cash was always
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Public Offering (IPO) is when a private company sells its first stock to the public. This is usually done by company’s who are smaller and or “younger” looking to raise capital in order to expand. It can however be done by larger private companies that want to become public. IPO’s can be a risky investment, as the investors do not know how the stock will do on its first day of trading, in addition, there are not much historical data either. In August 2010, Gevo Inc., filed for IPO with the SEC, which
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since its Initial Public Offering (IPO). First, the paper opens with a review of the company and its industry. Second, the Financial and Non-Financial facts are reported based on information stated on the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Followed by an analysis that describes how successful was the IPO in raising capital, which continues with a narration of the happenings to the company since the IPO. Finally, the trend of Visa’s stock price since the IPO is scrutinized. THE COMPANY
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