Thursday, January 13, 2011

following consequent stock offerings

By Ralph Gomez


There are various ways to raise finances which companies can adopt to fund its long-term investments like stock offerings, debentures, and personal savings. Most of the times companies use stock offerings to fund its strategic projects and increase market capitalization. Initial stock offering (IPO) is the first time that a company makes it shares available to the public. The companies who are already in the market can raise their finances by issuing their stocks a second or third time to fund their rapid growth.

Secondary stock offerings actually pertain to two things. First is the sale of additional stocks to the public by a company that has already issued its initial public offering (IPO). This is the most commonly accepted explanation of secondary stock offerings. Meanwhile, some institutions consider secondary offerings as the attempt to decrease the holding of major stockholder, promoters, large investors, and underwriters by selling the bulk of stocks that they own. In this second scenario, all the funds would go to the investors who had previously underwritten the company.

If you look at it from the first scenario, secondary stock offerings will split the company ownership, resulting in a lower hold for existing shareholders. However, from the second scenario, you will notice that there will be no change in market shares, meaning the ownership will not be diluted.

You can take advantage of secondary share offerings by getting in touch with your broker. If you have millions of money to spare, you can contact directly the company to get a good deal on their secondary shares. Many investment houses earn their business by underwriting a major portion of the secondary share offering. In that way, they earn their commission and after a period and hopefully the share price has risen, they can then resell in the stock market.

The benefits of a secondary stock offering include the increase in capital and a wider range of shareholders. The funds raised will also be used to enhance the growth of the company via long term investments and projects. Long term wise, this can be great for the company as their revenues will rise and assets will grow in number too. Existing shareholders might not like a secondary stock offering because it decreases their voting power and it will dilute the profits per share since there are now more shares in the market.

The stock exchange benefits from secondary share offerings because more people can now participate. Market Capitalization is very important to them. Also, being in the stock market, the company has higher visibility and can attract investors to their company if they continue to keep their shareholders happy and think up of projects to further enhance the company.

Secondary stock offerings made by the existing investors who have purchased stocks in large quantities will not have any drastic effect on the company's finances. It will just dilute the powers of the existing shareholders and give the newcomers the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the established company. However, it will give the existing shareholders the right to charge higher prices than its par value.

You can learn more about investing in the stock market by starting off with secondary stock offerings because it is safer. It is usually only the established companies offering secondary shares.




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