Public Offer Initial public offer (IPO) as the name suggests refers to when a company goes public or issue shares of the company to the public in order to raise capital for the first time. After the IPO‚ the company gets listed and its shares are traded on stock exchange. Once it gets listed then the permission to trade these shares is granted by shareholders i.e. to whom the shares have been allotted in the IPO. There can be many reasons for bringing out an IPO. First‚ when the company issues new
Premium Underwriting Initial public offering Stock market
blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/facebooks-stock-soars-amid-rosy-growth-expectations/?_r=0 Hoang‚ N Kerr‚ D. (2013‚ August 26). Facebook stock hits a record high‚ since IPO. Retrieved October 4‚ 2013 from http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57600166-93/facebook-stock-hits-a-record-high-since-ipo/ Khan‚ A Koba‚ M. (2012‚ May 23). Facebook’s IPO: What We Know Now. Retrieved October 3‚ 2013 from http://www.cnbc.com/id/47043815 Levchin‚ M Loeb‚ S. (2012‚ October 27). Facebook‚ Yahoo and Zynga all point to mobile
Premium Facebook
make public issues. An initial public offer (IPO) is the selling of securities to the public in the primary market by the unlisted companies either a fresh issue of securities or an offer for sale of existing securities are both for the first time to the public. The Indian IPO market is one of the promising markets for the investors. During the period 1993-94 to 2007-08 4‚538 companies had been raised Rs.1‚49‚671 crores from the primary market through IPOs. Every company requires short-as well as long-term
Premium Initial public offering Stock exchange Bond
Corporate Finance: Case Netscape 1. Why has Netscape been so successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? Netscape follows a “give away today make money tomorrow”-strategy. Netscape currently has 75% of web browser market‚ making it by far the most popular browsing software. Netscape is making money by selling server software to companies that require marketing access to potential consumers‚ by selling its software packages and through providing
Premium Free cash flow Stock market Net present value
managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater. Facebook on Friday sold 421 million shares of stock in a deal that valued the company at more than $100 billion. But investors‚ expecting a first-day pop in price‚ instead saw it close just 0.6 percent above the IPO price at $38.23. As the underwriter‚ Morgan Stanley (NYS:MS - News) stepped in to support Facebook ’s stock when it fell toward its $38 IPO price shortly after it opened
Premium Stock market Hedge fund Google
Initial public offering (IPO): An initial public offering (IPO) is a type of public offering where shares of stock in a company are sold to the general public‚ on a securities exchange‚ for the first time. Through this process‚ a private company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are used by companies to raise expansion capital‚ to possibly monetize the investments of early private investors‚ and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required
Premium Initial public offering Underwriting Public company
SOLUTIONS Financial Management Seminar + Homework‚ Week 5 1. Starware Software was founded last year to develop software for gaming applications. Initially‚ the founder invested $800‚000 and received 8 million shares of stock. Starware now needs to raise a second round of capital‚ and it has identified an interested venture capitalist. This venture capitalist will invest $1 million and wants to own 20% of the company after the investment is completed. a. How many shares must the venture capitalist
Premium Stock market Dividend yield Venture capital
support JetBlue’s growth plan and offset portfolio losses by its venture-capital investors‚ JetBlue wished to raise capital through initial public offering (IPO). The purpose of this report is to determine the appropriate JetBlue’s IPO price given the available data. The report begins with the issue of underpricing‚ explaining the importance selling IPO at a correct price in order to avoid “leaving too much money on the table”. Then an analysis on the advantages and disadvantages for JetBlue to go public
Premium Southwest Airlines Airline Low-cost carrier
issue as a post-listing price stabilising mechanism. This study examines whether companies need to include GSOs in their initial public offerings (IPOs)‚ and explores the reasons for the indifference on the part of issuer companies and merchant banks in India towards GSOs. The aftermarket price performance of companies that included GSOs in their IPOs is analysed; however‚ the results of this analysis do not lead to any generalization due to the small number of companies that opted for GSO. Various
Premium Stock market 1967 2007
List of Content 2 Definition 3 Reasons for listing 3 Advantages of an IPO 5 Disadvantages of an IPO 5 Procedure 6 Bank Central Asia History 7 Bibliography 9 Definition An initial public offering (IPO) or stock market launch is‚ as it sounds‚ the first sale of a company’s shares to the public and the listing of the shares on a stock exchange. In the UK‚ IPOs are often referred to as flotation. IPO was originally an American term but is now used across all world markets. The shares
Premium Stock market Initial public offering