Enterprise & Equity Value
A company raises $500m of equity in a primary offering and the cash just sits on the balance sheet. What happens to equity value and enterprise value?
Model answer
Equity value rises by ~$500m (new shares issued for cash). Enterprise value is unchanged: the $500m of new equity is exactly offset by $500m of new cash, which is subtracted in the…
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