• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    23 days ago

    The company doesn’t care if the stock price hits $1. If the company is paying it’s bills, it just continues. It’s the people who hold shares that care. The company doesn’t hold shares in itself.

    Enron collapsed because the company financials collapsed, not because the stock price collapsed. That happened after all the bad accounting practises and hidden debt came to light. Now, in that case the shareholders succeeded in suing for their losses, but they only had a case because of the mismanagement.

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      23 days ago

      The company absolutely does own shares of itself and it’s ability to secure credit and just engage in business in general depends of the value of that holding.