Write a report explaining why "Boohoo" and "Servelec" came to the AIM and Main market respectively, they differ in their choice of market and whether they created value in their post-IPO period.
Discuss the various reasons for IPOs
Download their prospectuses from their website of Perfect Filings and get and analyse your firms' fundamentals;
Go to Yahoo Finance and download their daily share prices to compute the returns they generated from their IPO date to year after their IPO.
The manuscript should be no more than 1500 words Word document, pages numbered, font 12, and double-spaced.
As part of my Executive MBA (Corporate Finance) in the UK, I have been asked to choose two IPOs in London Stock Exchange in last 2-3 years, evaluate and write a report if they have created value post-IPO. This need to be supported by financial calculations, etc.
I have chosen : Boohoo (BOO.L) and Servelec (SERV.L)
Course book: Applied Corporate Finance (by Aswath Damodaran)
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Coursework Question:
Select TWO non-financial companies that came to the stock market, one to the Main market and the other to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), about two to three years ago. You can get the list of IPOs from http://www.londonstockexchange.com/statistics/home/statistics.htm.
Write a report explaining why these two companies came to the LSE, they differ in their choice of market and whether they created value in their post-IPO period.
You may find this guide helpful in structuring your report.
Discuss the various reasons for IPOs
Download their prospectuses from their website of Perfect Filings and get and analyse your firms' fundamentals;
Go to Yahoo Finance and download their daily share prices to compute the returns they generated from their IPO date to year after their IPO.
The Coursework should be done in groups. The manuscript should be no more than 1500 words Word document, pages numbered, font 12, and double-spaced.