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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by Jabbles on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:15PM (#20664799)
A company is not just worth its assets. All potential future valuations should be included (and some say the stock price reflects this).
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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by harryh on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:18PM (#20664813)
Ya, when I said "other assets" I was perhaps being overly succinct. I didn't just mean the value of equipment, IP, or whatever, but also the intangible value assigned by the market that is an estimate of the companies future earnings.
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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by evancox100 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:29PM (#20664864)
Enterprise value is probably what you're looking for
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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by harryh on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:36PM (#20664911)
Yes indeed.
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