In early 2012, General Electric (GE) had a book value of equity of $116 billion, 10.6billion shares outstanding, and a market price of $17.00 per share. GE also had cash of $84 billion, and total debt of $410 billion. Three years later, in early 2015, GE had a book value of equity of $128 billion, 10 .0 billion shares outstanding with a market price of $25 per share, cash of $85 billion, and total debt of $302 billion. Over this period, what was the change in GE’s
- a. market capitalization?
- b. market-to-book ratio?
- c. enterprise value?
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