AFRICA INVESTOR

BroadStreetLagos.Com will be one of the media partners for Africa Investor's (AIs) Index Series awards at the New York Stock Exchange on September 26, 2011. If you are coming look out for our publications.

Africa Investor (Ai) supplies a broad range of investment data, research, broadcast and published content to a growing number of investors with interests in Africa. Africa investor Group provides strategic research, indices, communications and investment publishing services to support its clients investment and communication programmes. 

Through its sister organization, African Investment Advisory the group also provides project advisory services. Operating at the intersect of business, government, international organizations and the media, Africa investor group has a growing network of clients across Africa serviced from regional hub offices in Nairobi, Lagos  and Johannesburg, affiliate offices across the continent and a coordinating office in London.

Company Focus: BETA GLASS PLC

The company was incorporated as a limited liability company on 26 June, 1974 and became a public quoted company in February, 1986. The Company engages in the manufacture of bottles and glassware. 

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What is Entreprise Value (EV)

Enterprise value (EV), Total enterprise value (TEV), or Firm value (FV) is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a whole business. It is a sum of claims of all the security-holders: debt-holders, preferred shareholders, minority shareholders, common equity holders, and others. Enterprise value is one of the fundamental metrics used in business valuation, financial modeling, accounting, portfolio analysis, etc. EV is more comprehensive than market capitalization (market cap), which only includes common equity.

Company Focus: AFPRINT NIG PLC

The company was incorporated in Nigeria as a private limited liability company on 11th December, 1964 and became a listed company in 1978. The shares are quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company and its subsidiaries are mainly into Agricultural developments activities such as cotton cultivation, cotton ginning, manufacturing of edible oil and the supply of Agricultural inputs to farmers and government agencies.

Company Focus: Studio Press

Studio Press is involved in lithographic printing and manufacturing of cartons, light packaging materials like labels and flexo printing such as nylons and poly wrappers.The company was incorporated on 9th July, 1965 under the name of Studio Press (Nigeria) Limited and converted to a public company in 1979.

What is Capitalization?

A company's capitalization refers to the total Naira market value of all of a company's outstanding shares. Capitalization is calculated by multiplying a company's shares outstanding by the current market price of one share. The investment community uses this figure to determining a company's size, as opposed to sales or total asset figures.

Capitalization Explained
If a company has 35 million shares outstanding,