what is the relationship between initial pubic offer and share pricing?
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A "pubic" offering sounds like a criminal offense unless you are in Nevada! And sharing the price is just SLOPPY!
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You need to know 2 things:\n\n(1) the actual price paid per share \n(2) the offering price per share & the company discount\n\nAfter that,\n\n(1) You will report the minimal of (i) the sales price per share minus the actual price paid per share and (ii) the offering price per share times the company discount as the regular income. \n(2) You will report the rest of the sales price minus the the actual price paid per share as long-term capital gain.\n\nLook at the following website for detailed explanation:\nhttp://www.turbotax.com/articles/EmployeeStockPurchasePlans.html
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It all relates to the P/E or the Price to Earnings ratio. It measures how much revenue or profit one share earns and compares that to the price you would pay for that one share on that open market.\n\nWhat you or your banker are talking about can be dangerous because you could be paying a lot of money for a share that does not have a lot or any income behind it at all so you would be in danger of losing your investement. This happened a lot in the dot come bust where sahres worth $500 or more were issued and bought for companies that weren't even making $.01 per share.
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When the details of the buy-out are released the stock price will adjust accordingly.  If the buyout is announced to be $12 per share then the stock will trade at $12 (or very close) almost immediately.  You can sell the shares in the open market at that point in time.\n\nOtherwise, you will be offered shares of the parent company (one who is buying out smaller company).  The number of shares will be a dollar-weighted average of the shares you own.  You will still come out with the same dollar amount in the long run after the conversion but it will likely be far fewer shares.
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You can read the answer at InvestorWords.com\n\nHere is the link for "shelf offering":\n\nhttp://www.investorwords.com/4538/shelf_offering.html
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it all depends on the starting bid and how much you're asking for it.  I believe for 0.01 to 9.99 is 0.25 and 9.99-19.99 is 0.35 and so on.
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the article is sold at a loss so the cp(cost price) is more than sp(selling price). or\nloss = cp-sp\n=> cp = loss +sp.....1)\nsp =138 Rs\nloss = 8% of cp = cp*8/100\nfrom1)\n=> cp = [cp8/100] + 138\ncp[1 - [8/100]] = 138\ncp[92/100]=138\n=> cp = 138*100/92\ncp =13800/92\nsolve it further to get result
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There are the initial fees for posting, plus a percentage of the final cost when you sell. That is based on the value of the item when you post it and what it finally goes for.
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Um...ok, I'm pretty knowledgeable about this stuff, but I don't know what a 'reverse merger' is in this context.  Normally this term is used when a private company merges with a public one.  But a pink sheet company isn't private, so I assume you mean that they will get the OTC listing from the dormant public shell company. Which company's shareholders are you concerned about?  Because, in any merger, there are two companies involved. In itself, there's nothing patently wrong with it, and getting the listing would normally be a good sign, if it's the right kind of listing.  But are we talking NASDAQ listing or just OTC?  I mean, OTC could still be Pink Sheets, right?  So it may not be beneficial.  I guess you really need to clarify some of this before I try to make sense out of it.  Which company do you own shares in?  What type of OTC listing are they getting?  etc.
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In general, yes, because it's more representative. But the current PE is important also, since that's the price you're buying at, if you decide to buy.
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There are typically two parties interested in company valuations - a vendor and a purchaser.\n\nThe vendor will seek to maximise their valuation, while the sensible purchaser takes all reasonable action to confirm the facts of the valuation.\n\nThere are many valuation models and the vendor will understandably choose the one that maximises their sale price.\n\nI would suggest that the 'right' valuation is dependent on which party you represent.\n\nTaking it a little further, an owner/operator may accept a valuation that includes items other than net profit as indicators of asset value, particularly if there are significant wages being paid by the company.\n\nIn the case of an investment purchase, then net profit may have much more significance.\n\nI have found that the best way to get detailed information on this is to discuss it with a business broker.\n\nCheers,\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
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Without any additional details, one has to assume there are at least 2 series of preferred shares, one paying 5% on par value, which may presently be yielding more or less than 5% depending on whether mkt price of pfd is less than or greater than par ... and the redeemable,  which the company can redeem at par upon a fixed date.\n\nBe careful with the latter, though.  If share is presently trading above par value and redemption date is soon or has already passed, company has right to redeem at par.  Example:  share presently @ 28,50, retraction date coming up soon.  Depending upon interest rates, co might decide to redeem at par which, in this hypothetical example, could be 25.00.  A bad trip.\n\nHow to find out?  Ask the company for details.  Full-service brokers usually have elaborate schedules of preferred shares indicating maturity, redemption, extension & retraction dates.  Unfortunately, these days, some of these schedules are not so elaborate & some leave out important dates, ie the schedule is useless.\n\nThat's why it's best to ask the company.  If all else fails, the prospectus issued at the time of the redeemable preferred share issue will spell out all these details.  You'd find it on EDGAR.  It's a slog to read, though.
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Initial Public Offer.  Yahoo has a great service to track the companies just filed and just released an IPO.  See link below ...
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Do you mean preferred shares? The difference is the dividends on preferreds must be paid before any dividend on commons.
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It depends on the terms of the buyout. Likely you will get stock in 123, but you could get 123 stock and cash or just cash and no stock. All depends on the terms of the sale.
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It depends on the time horizon of the calculation, so that will give you the risk free rate.  Use the risk premium that your professor/company agrees with.  I don't remember what I use.  I think it's around 8.6%.  Then, you look up the beta, which happens to be 2.73 for this company.
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If you have stock options, you have the right to purchase stock at a set price. The price you'll pay is set by the Board of Directors (usually). If the company is pre-IPO, the price may be quite low. The hope is that when the company goes public, your stock will be worth more than the option price.\n\nThe vesting schedule sets forth the time and amount of stock you can purchase.