Enterprise & Equity Value
An employee exercises 1m stock options with a $20 strike; stock is at $50. What happens to the company's equity value and enterprise value?
Model answer
The company issues 1m new shares and receives $20m of cash. Equity value rises by roughly the $20m of cash that came in (basic shares up 1m, but the market already priced the dilution if you were…
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