Case Study 2: Netscape’s IPO February 17‚ 2015 Executive Summary Netscape was founded in 1994 and it provided internet applications for communications and commerce. In 1995‚ Netscape decided to raise capital by initial public offering. Although initial price for shares was at first $14‚ underwriters suggested increase the price to $28 one day prior to the initial public offering. The board of Netscape was not sure of the high price and fell in dilemma because the firm didn’t
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software program that gave rise to the notion of "surfing" (Netscape ’s). Netscape Communications can trace its roots to a group of science students working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who turned a simply software program called ’Mosaic ’‚ into a platform that enabled non-technical computer users to access and retrieve information that was becoming more and more available on the worldwide web. Founded in 1994‚ Netscape Communications Corporation provides a comprehensive line of
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Netscape IPO Introduction The case analyzes the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Netscape Communications Inc.‚ in order to recommend a justifiable share price for the IPO. Founded in April 1994‚ Netscape Communications Corporation provided a comprehensive line of client‚ server and integrated applications software for communications and commerce on the Internet and private Internet Protocol networks. The primary revenue generator for Netscape at the time IPO was it ’s Internet
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Netscape Summary August 8‚ 1995 had taken an unexpected turn for Netscape Communications Corporation’s board of directors. Earlier that morning‚ the day before the company’s scheduled initial public offering (IPO)‚ Netscape’s lead underwriters proposed to the board a 100%increase in the original offering price from $14 to $28 per share. Founded in April 1994‚Netscape Communications Corporation provided a comprehensive line of client‚ server‚ and integrated applications software for communications
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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
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This case is about Netscape Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1995. Netscape had a successful starting in the market mainly because of their strategy of “Give away today and make money tomorrow”‚ which let them capture 75% of the web browser market‚ making it the most popular browsing software. The successful strategy consists in gaining its large market share by initially giving away its product for free. Netscape had to create a new industry standard to succeed in the long term‚ besides make revenues
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in an initial public offering then the stock is called a hot issue. Netscape Communications (NSCP) was the classic hot issue. It went public August 9‚ 1995 at an offer price of $28. On the same day it hit a high of $74¾ and closed at $58¼. Netscape hit an all time high of $174 in December 1995 and split 2:1 February 7‚ 1996. In the long term‚ however‚ Netscape wasn’t that hot an issue. A year after the initial public offer Netscape Communications was trading below $30 a share. (Adjusted for the split
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2. Netscape Valuation. In the process of raising capital by issuing stock to the public a crucial moment is to determine the company’s share price that best reflects the real value of the company. In our analysis in order to estimate the fair value of Netscape’s share price we have applied the Weighted Average Cost of Capital Method of Valuation. The WACC method implies that the firm’s weighted average cost of capital represents the average return that the company must pay to its investors‚ both
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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. For instance‚ going public could
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Background Facebook’s IPO (Initial public offering) is one of the world’s largest initial stock offerings‚ raising $16 billion for the company. Facebook made its stock market debut on May 18 with an initial offering price of $38 per share‚ but closed at $38.23‚ a slight 0.61 per cent up (Associated Press‚ 2012). The typical big first-day pop in the share price seen in other technology companies’ IPOs that many investors had expected did not materialise. Instead‚ its stock price has tumbled since
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