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Re:Jack Dorsey’s Block loses 20% of value as Hindenburg Rese... by george_w_kush on Friday March 24, 2023 @06:46AM (#35287350)
when valuing a company you generally look at cash flows and expectations of future cash flows. a company with $1 billion in the bank is worth less than $1 billion if they're posting annual net income of -$300mm
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Re:Jack Dorsey’s Block loses 20% of value as Hindenburg Rese... by mschuster91 on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:17AM (#35288031)
> and expectations of future cash flows

I'd summarize that under "liabilities"... but even then, a company can be dissolved to stop the outflow of cash and the assets sold at market value.

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