XYZ Inc., a firm with 4 million shares outstanding each earning $5 in an industry that has an average P/E ratio of 4, has hired an investment-banking firm to help it go public. XYZ will issue 1 million new shares and incur $450,000 in indirect costs combined with 7%-spread fees charged by the underwriter.   What is the correctly valued offer price of the IPO?

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XYZ Inc., a firm with 4 million shares outstanding each earning $5 in an industry that has an average P/E ratio of 4, has hired an investment-banking firm to help it go public. XYZ will issue 1 million new shares and incur $450,000 in indirect costs combined with 7%-spread fees charged by the underwriter.

 

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