UVA-F-1415-SSRN v 1.2 JETBLUE AIRWAYS IPO VALUATION My neighbor called me the other day and she said‚ ’You have an interesting little boy. ’ Turns out‚ the other day‚ she asked my son Daniel what he wanted for Christmas. And he said‚ ’I want some stock. ’ ’Stock? ’ she said. ’Don ’t you want video games or anything? ’ ’Nope‚ ’ he said‚ ’I just want stock. JetBlue stock. ’ --David Neeleman‚ CEO and Founder‚ JetBlue Airways It was the first week of April 2002‚ barely two years since the first
Premium Southwest Airlines Initial public offering Low-cost carrier
Initial Public Offering is the first 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
Premium Initial public offering Stock market Venture capital
SGMT 6050 – Mergers and Acquisitions Facebook IPO Facebook‚ a social networking site‚ has grown at an exponential rate that far surpasses market expectation‚ so much so that its growth rate is referred to as the “ Facebook phenomenal”. In 2004‚ Facebook had 1million monthly active users‚ and in comparison‚ it had reached 845million monthly active users in 2011. This phenomenal led to one of the biggest initial public offerings (IPO) the market had seen in recent years‚ with total capital raised
Premium Discounted cash flow Facebook Google
A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM‚ INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000‚ Baidu.com‚ Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding‚ Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5‚ 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of the highest-profile
Premium Web search engine Google search Internet
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
Premium Free cash flow Discounted cash flow Public company
1. [DCF Valuation and Ownership Concepts] The venture investors and founders of ACE Products‚ a closely held corporation‚ are contemplating merging the successful venture into a much larger diversified firm that operates in the same industry. ACE estimates its free cash flows that will be available to the enterprise next year at $5‚200‚000. Since the venture is now in its maturity stage‚ ACE’s free cash flows are expected to continue to grow at a 6 percent annual compound growth rate in the future
Premium Rate of return Venture capital Discounted cash flow
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
Premium Corporate finance Initial public offering Discounted cash flow
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
Premium Income statement Stock market Cash flow
Coursework: Financial Analysis and Valuation of OJSC Megafon‚ Russia using DCF as the base model Prepared by: Victor Amoasii Word count: 3697 CONTENTS 1. Megafon overview and analysis of agency costs 2. Risk Profile Analysis 3. Weighted Average Cost of Capital 4. Megafon valuation 5. Capital investments risk analysis 6. Capital structure and dividend policy Megafon overview and analysis of agency costs
Premium Dividend Discounted cash flow Weighted average cost of capital
Introduction: JetBlue is planned to establish by David Neeleman in July 1999. Although the terrorist attacks of 9/11 made the huge loss of the whole airline industry‚ JetBlue airways try to publish its own IPO after 2 years of profitable operation in 2002‚ This case study is summarizing the step to publish the IPO. Following this‚ it will discuss the disadvantage and advantage to publish the IPO and use the financial data to evaluate the price is suit for the first publish. In this case‚ there
Premium Stock market Corporate finance Stock