• threetimes@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Market capitalization means that every share of MSFT combined at the current price is worth $2.6T. The company has $100B cash on hand. That’s actual cash and investments that could be easily converted to cash. Substantially less than $2 trillion.

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          1 year ago

          And as a public company, Microsoft has a lot more options to leverage their equity than a private company or individual does.

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          Musk owns stock worth billions. Stock is a liquid asset, meaning he has billions in liquid assets. The $2.6T market cap is what the public shares of MSFT are “worth.” They are owned mostly by people and orgs other than Microsoft, meaning that value is not an asset to Microsoft.

          Your comment is low-effort. Don’t do that.

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        Isn’t that still a fuck-ton more than what any of their competitors have at their disposal?