Help?

Temporary Dub

Hi I am currently collecting data for my accounting thesis, but I'm having trouble finding figures in annual reports etc

I was hoping someone here could tell me, where I would find this information or if it goes by a different name in Irish listed companies.

I need to get

(i) the market value of Common Stock (at year end)

(ii) and the Book Value of Preferred Stock (also at year end).

So far I've been collecting the weighted average number of shares in issue from the EPS calculation and multiplying this by the share price at year end for common stock valuation.

As for preferred stock, I can't seem to get much info, some companies seem to have preference shares, is this the same thing?

If you have any help at all it'd be greatly appreciated, cheers.

TD

The CCAinsider

Try www.ise.ie and the figure you are looking for is "market capitalisation" which is the same as market valuation of common stock. Preferred stock is called "Preference shares" in Ireland and England and they are not common other than in banks - who have all bought them back recently, so they are not even common in banks anymore. Preferred stock would also include "perpetual bonds" and "perpetual shares"

Temporary Dub

Thank you very much for that, I really wasn't sure which figures to use.:D

One final question, in the ISE statistical review, under some of the banks there are two or three "names".

For example;

Allied Irish Banks Plc NCP Fl
and Allied Irish Banks Plc

as well as for Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland
BOI NCP STKSRS A STG1&STG9 LIQ
BOI NC. Euro Pref Stock.

I am assuming that I use the ordinary banks name as "common stock" and the other names as "preference stock".

Thanks again for the help, it is greatly appreciated!:)

The CCAinsider

some are just debt issues, most banks have ordinary stock listed and have perhaps some preference shares and then are likely to have debt listed and even multiple debt listed Go for the one with PLC after it. Not all of the preference shares in a company may be listed (they only list to make a market in the shares) or they may be AIM or may be listed in Luxemburg (I think the EBS lists all its debt in Luxemburg) so to get the correct picture you need to look at the companies actual accounts.