Initial public offering

Initial public offering

Referring to the process of transforming a private company into a public company by selling shares of its stock to the general public for the first time on a securities exchange.

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Shareholder

Banking; Initial public offering

Any person who owns shares of a company's stock.

Shelf filing

Banking; Initial public offering

A Securities and Exchange Commission registration that carries the right for a company to sell additional securities at some unspecified future date. These transactions can take many months to ...

Sic code

Banking; Initial public offering

Security Industry Code. A 4 digit code that specifies the sector specific industry that a company falls into.

Soft dollar

Banking; Initial public offering

Payments made for research and brokerage services that are generated from commissions.

Market capitalization

Banking; Initial public offering

A simple form of calculating the value of a company based on the amount of shares outstanding times the price of the stock. The outstanding shares include those issued to the public (float) and ...

A best efforts offering that gives a range as to the minimum and maximum amount of shares that are available from the offering. These offerings get no support from the underwriters of the deal. In ...