JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Summary In July 1999‚ David Neeleman announced his plan to launch a new airline that would bring “humanity back to air travel.” Despite the fact the airline industry had 87 new-airline failures in U.S. over the past 20 years. Neeleman’s plan convinced a group of investors and quickly raised $130 million from venture-capital community. This is the way JetBlue Airways established. With its strong capital base‚ JetBlue acquired a fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft and focused
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IPO Valuation FIN-605 Md. Miran Hossain College of Business Colorado State University 10 September‚ 2012 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of going public? Discuss the IPO process. The Advantages of Going Public Financial Benefit The financial benefit in the form of raising capital is the most distinct advantage of going public. Capital can be used to fund research and development‚ fund capital expenditure or even used to pay off existing debt. Moreover‚ once the company is
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To: JetBlue Management Team From: Subj: JetBlue IPO Price Recommendation Date: April 11‚ 2002 Introduction JetBlue is a company that was founded on not accepting the status quo with regard to how airline travel is “supposed to be”. Recent history shows that low-fare airlines are gaining momentum‚ and JetBlue’s business model sets us apart- our fleet is newer‚ more reliable and efficient. We offer the lowest cost per available seat mile than any other U.S. airline‚ and we do it while maintaining
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corporate finance‚ understanding the mechanism of company valuation is very important not only because of valuation of mergers and acquisitions‚ in choosing investment for a portfolio‚ in deciding on the appropriate price to pay or receive in takeover‚ but also in restructuring the corporation. The process of determining the present value of a company is called valuations. There are different methods and techniques which can be used for valuation. These are: 1) Dividend Discount Model 2) Discounting
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sale of stock by a private company to the public. The private company as an issuer entrusts an underwriter firm or a group of firms who help the issuer going public. IPOs are such a big deal because any investors who hold stock at initial offering price would make a significant capital gain when the company goes public. Numerous cases of new issues have proved that investors rise in value. Mr. Schwartz (1999) listed some advantages of going public in his article. For instance‚ going public could
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1. Joy‚ who has completed his first finance course‚ is unsure whether he should take a course in business analysis and valuation using financial statements since he believes that financial analysis adds little value‚ given the efficiency of capital markets. Explain to Joy when financial analysis can add value‚ even if capital markets are efficient. 2. In 2005‚ Puma was a very profitable sportswear company. Puma did not produce most of the shoes‚ apparel and accessories that it sold. Instead
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SIGNUM BUSINESS ADVISERS PTY LTD Team Training BUSINESS VALUATION 8 August 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to the concept of business valuation and show different types of the valuation. Objectives On completion of this paper you should have an understanding of the factors that drive value‚ different types of valuation techniques‚ and negotiations from different prospective. Resources Business Valuation seminar on 19/04/12 by David
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Background Facebook’s IPO (Initial public offering) is one of the world’s largest initial stock offerings‚ raising $16 billion for the company. Facebook made its stock market debut on May 18 with an initial offering price of $38 per share‚ but closed at $38.23‚ a slight 0.61 per cent up (Associated Press‚ 2012). The typical big first-day pop in the share price seen in other technology companies’ IPOs that many investors had expected did not materialise. Instead‚ its stock price has tumbled since
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Case Study 2: Netscape’s IPO February 17‚ 2015 Executive Summary Netscape was founded in 1994 and it provided internet applications for communications and commerce. In 1995‚ Netscape decided to raise capital by initial public offering. Although initial price for shares was at first $14‚ underwriters suggested increase the price to $28 one day prior to the initial public offering. The board of Netscape was not sure of the high price and fell in dilemma because the firm didn’t
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the general public‚ on a securities exchange for the first time. Companies use initial public offerings to drive expansion capital up in order to make profits from the investment of early private investors possibly and to become as publicly traded enterprises. Shares are sold by a company without a requirement of repaying the capital to its public investors. After the IPO‚ money passes between investors while shares are free trading in the open market. For businesses‚ stocks and shares are a quick
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