This graph shows that companies like Google and Amazon were good investments, but they are often the exception rather than the rule.. In exchange the company gets investment capital $$$.
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Click on this video link to get some background information on the Facebook IPO
http://online.wsj.com/video/facebook-eyes-2q-2012-for-100-billion-ipo/8CC0E866-A903-4C1D-A194-98544BC1CC58.html
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Is an IPO a good investment? Not always This graph shows that companies like Google and Amazon were good investments, but they are often the exception rather than the rule.
http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/WEBIPO1111/
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When a company decides to go public, it basically sells a part of itself to a bank or group of banks In exchange the company gets investment capital ($$$)
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The part of the company owed by the investment bank is sold as smaller fractional shares of the company
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The Initial Public Offering (IPO) refers to the first sale of these shares of stock
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The usual customers that purchase IPO stocks are institutional investors, other banks and firms, who buy large blocks of stocks Those institutions, in turn, sell the shares to individuals.
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Let’s say that Facebook is valued at $100 billion
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Facebook wants to raise $10 billion dollars in capital investment So, the investment bank gets a 10% stake in Facebook
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The investment bank, working with Facebook, decide that an IPO stock price of $35 per share would be an ideal starting price How many shares need to be issued?
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The result is about 286 million shares This may seem like a lot of shares, but keep in mind that Facebook has over 500 million users On average, each Facebook user would need to buy 2 shares!
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Looking at the IPO chart shown previously, you’ll see that stock prices for IPOs have a characteristic shape
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This graph shows the typical behavior for IPO stocks for profitable companies (like Google) and unprofitable companies (like Webvan) Notice that in both cases there is an initial bump in the price of the stock.
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It’s during this period that the investment bank makes a profit on its shares of stock All shares sold during this period are sold at a profit
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Long-term both the investment bank and individual investors will make money from their shares ONLY IF the company is profitable
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be profitable?