Not exact matches
When Sean Parker became president of Facebook in 2004, he was careful to ensure that the young Zuckerberg
retained a sizable
equity stake in the
company.
Of course, the money came at a price: although the majority of the chief executives today
retain at least 50 % of the
equity in their
companies, only about a quarter of them own the whole show.
Total stockholders»
equity is the sum of all capital stock, paid - in capital, and
retained earnings at the
company's year - end.
For this business owner, the upside of losing angel funding was
retaining equity and control over his
company.
Heraman, the chief executive of StockObjects, a New York City - based new - media stock library, and his partner managed to raise $ 700,000 from private -
equity investors within a year of their
company's launch, all the while managing to
retain close to 90 % of its stock.
As a high - growth
company, we believe that a combination of
equity and cash compensation is better for attracting,
retaining and motivating employees.
We intend to adopt a 2015 Incentive Award Plan in order to facilitate the grant of cash and
equity incentives to directors, employees (including our named executive officers) and consultants of our
Company and certain of its affiliates and to enable our
Company and certain of its affiliates to obtain and
retain services of these individuals, which is essential to our long - term success.
The Compensation Committee, which administers the 2003 Plan and will administer the 2014 Plan, if approved, recognizes its responsibility to strike a balance between shareholder concerns regarding the potential dilutive effect of
equity awards and the ability to attract,
retain and reward employees whose contributions are critical to the
Company's long - term success.
Venture Capital and Private
Equity investors are usually owners of public
companies only when they have participated in a round of financing prior to an IPO and subsequently
retained ownership after the transition from a private
company to a public
company.
You get to control exactly how much
equity you allow your investors to obtain and
retain control of your
company.
As the owner of your business, you will
retain the majority of shares, which earns you more
equity as individual stock prices for your
company rise.
Would these
companies be able to
retain their highly talented workforces if they stopped doling out large amounts of
equity?
In 1998, Gilardi sold the
company to ConAgra Foods Inc., which
retained ownership until 2006, when it sold the
company to Plaza Belmont, a private
equity firm based in Leawood, Kan..
The two remain active with the
company, consulting and
retaining equity, but do not run day - to - day activities.
There are three (or four) ways that a
company can grow: Raise money through debt (borrowing, selling bonds) Raise money through
equity (sell stock)
Retained earnings (net income saved from prior years)(Crowdfunding is a relatively new (in mainstream businesses) alternative financing method where people will finance a
company with the expectation that they...
The dilution comes about because in the first scenario the
company retains ownership of 900 or 90 % of the
equity.
These included forming a special committee of independent directors (which has
retained its own investment bankers and attorneys) to undertake an analysis of the
Company's capital requirements and to evaluate the various alternatives (in the form of both debt and
equity) for meeting those requirements.
Intel's low debt - to -
equity ratio of 2.5 % indicates that very little long - term debt is issued by the
company, while its payout ratio of 9.3 % indicates the majority of earnings are
retained for use by the
company.
Earlier this year SLM Corp. announced that it will be spinning off its high growth, high return on
equity private education loan business while the parent
company will
retain and manage its large student loan portfolio.
Interest is, of course, a cash cost, while capitalization rates for publicly - traded common stocks have nothing to do with most
companies, since they do the bulk of their
equity financing by
retaining earnings rather than by selling new issues of common stock to the public.
So yes, it is the firm's total
equity financing — the initial capitalization is the
equity that was put into the
company when it was founded plus subsequent increases in
equity due to share issues, and
retained earnings is the increase in
equity that has occurred since then which has not yet been re-distributed to shareholders (though it belongs to them, as the residual claimants).
Shareholder's
Equity consists of two main things: The initial capitalization of the
company (when the shares were first sold, plus extra share issues) and
retained earnings, which is the amount of money the
company has made over and above capitalization, which has not been re-distributed back to shareholders.
Venture Capital and Private
Equity investors are usually owners of public
companies only when they have participated in a round of financing prior to an IPO and subsequently
retained ownership after the transition from a private
company to a public
company.
The last one was completed less than a year ago; bondholders converted all remaining non-bank debt to
equity, with previous
equity owners
retaining only a sliver of the recapitalized
company.
The principal reason
companies do
equity financing by
retaining earnings is that public markets are so capricious; and it tends to be difficult to market
equity privately if the purchasers of such
equity do not receive elements of control over the corporation.
The PE ratio, or cap rate, at which a common stock sells in an OPMI market, has no particular meaning for a
company in - creasing its
equity base through
retaining earnings.
ii.The vast majority of
equity financing takes place via having the
company retain earnings, rather than having the
company market new issues of common stock.
Retaining earnings by a
company increases the
company's shareholder
equity, which increases the value of each shareholder's shareholding.
In the case of EPR, the
company usually
retains about 20 % of AFFO but must raise the rest of its growth capital from debt or
equity markets.
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