In October 2005 4Kids sold its 3% stake in The Pokémon Company to the remaining shareholders for $960,000, booking a $234,000 gain

How it’s built

1. From 4Kids Entertainment’s annual report (Form 10-K) for 2005, filed with the US SEC.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

Implies about $32m for the whole company, but the buyers were the existing owners, so it is not a market price.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

sold its interest in the Pokémon Company in equal shares to the remaining shareholders for aggregate proceeds of $960 resulting in a gain of $234

Where it’s used

• StoryValue and risk
• Deep dive · The Pokémon CompanyThe thin years, 1998–2015

Related figures

Built from this one

• EstimateHow control of The Pokémon Company splits34%
• ReportedThe only recorded price for shares in The Pokémon Company$32m