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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Goodwill | If a firm acquires another firm and pays more than the book value (market value), then the additional amount paid is called a premium and becomes |
| Projected financial statement analysis | A financial technique that enables a firm to forecast the expected financial results of various strategies and approaches; involves developing income statements and balance sheets for future periods of time. |
| Private-equity firm | company that purchases outright or provides venture capital to another firm, generally taking that other firm from public to private, and commonly then managing that other firm with the intent to increase that firm’s performance and value. |
| Book value | Number of shares outstanding multiplied by stock price. |
| Capital structure | The proportion of debt-to-equity on a balance sheet; performing an EPS/EBIT analysis is a common way to determine the appropriate capital structure needed. |
| EPS/EBIT analysis | A financial technique to determine whether debt, stock, or a combination of debt and stock is the best alternative for raising capital to implement strategies. |
| Premium | If an acquiring firm pays more for another firm than that firm’s stock price multiplied by its number of shares of stock outstanding (book value or market value) |
| Outstanding shares method | A method for determining the cash worth of a firm by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the market price per share; also called book value, market value, or market capitalization. |
| Price-earnings ratio method | This method involves dividing the market price of the firm’s common stock by the annual earnings per share and multiplying this number by the firm’s average net income for the past 5 years. |
| Initial public offerings (IPOs) | When a private firm goes public by selling its shares of stock to the public to raise capital. |
| Market capitalization | Number of shares outstanding multiplied by stock price. |
| Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) | a stock exchange that acquires a private company, enabling the private company to raise equity capital and to become a public firm with its own stock symbol, without that private firm going through the traditional initial public offering (IPO) process. |
| Discount | If an acquiring firm pays less for another firm than the firm’s stock price multiplied by its number of shares of stock outstanding (book value or market value), then that amount minus the actual purchase price |
| Market value | Number of shares outstanding multiplied by stock price. |
| Treasury stock | An item in the equity portion of a balance sheet that reveals the dollar amount of the firm’s common stock owned by the company itself. |