Question

He decides to take the company public through an IPO, issuing 2 million new shares. Assuming that he successfully completes the IPO, the net income for the next year is estimated to be $9 million. His banker informs him that the price of shares should be set using average price-earnings ratios for similar businesses, which is 14. What will be the IPO price per share

Answer 1

Answer:

$36.79

Explanation:

Calculation to determine What will be the IPO price per share

First step is to calculate the Cumulative shares

Cumulative shares = 375,000 + 400,000 + 250,000 + 400,000 + 2 million

Cumulative shares = 3.425 million

Now let calculate the IPO price

IPO price = $14 × $9 million / 3.425 million

IPO price= $36.79

Therefore What will be the IPO price per share is $36.79