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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Rosetta Stone going public?
The main advantages of Rosetta Stone going public are that an IPO would allow them the capital to
expand their business into new markets as well as build on the Rosetta Stone brand. The IPO would
also help them establish business credibility as a public firm. As a public company, Rosetta could
enhance their image and reputation with newfound capital. It may also be advantageous to proceed
with an IPO as the market has shown encouraging signs after the crisis of 2008. Changyou.com, a
video game developer recently went public at 6.5 times EBITDA. Likewise, Bridgeport Education has
recently considered going public and estimates that they could do so at a range of 10-12 times
EBITDA. This may indicate that an IPO would behoove Rosetta Stone as it would be a successful
business decision. Furthermore, the language learning industry largely consists of self-study learning
as it counts for $32 billion of the $82 billion industry. Going public would allow Rosetta to be a major
market presence in a booming industry. Another advantage of taking Rosetta Stone public is Adams
concern of a takeover. Adams is worried that the limited amount of capital and resources they
could get from private sources leave them vulnerable to a takeover. An IPO would quell those fears.
There are, however,
a few disadvantages associated with going public. For one, the process is quite arduous and would
take three months at the minimum. Additionally, there is quite a bit of risk and uncertainty associated
with taking a young firm like Rosetta Stone public, especially in such a volatile market. Despite these
concerns, it may be advantageous to issue the IPO as analysts believe Rosetta is one of the few
firms who would be successful going public. As exhibit 8 shows, taking the firm public would lead to
increases in gross profit over the next several years.
Thay have to disclose some private information to public.2 and there is always some cost associated
with this process.
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(80%) and K12 figures (20%). Then, we use the weighted average of these
averages - 80% EV/EBITDA and 20% P/E - to find an initial stock price of
$21.57. In our next staff meeting, we decided that Rosetta should be
priced 10% higher than this figure due to incredible recent success, even
during the recession, incredible investor demand as noted above, and a
general caution not to set the price too high given the weak economy.
How to find the current market share price.