Megadude said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
Megadude said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
Megadude said:
I am talking about market cap.
"MCAP. Market capitalization represents the aggregate value of a company or stock. It is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by their current price per share. For example, if XYZ company has 15,000,000 shares outstanding and a share price of $20 per share then the market capitalization is 15,000,000 x $20 = $300,000,000. Generally, the U.S. market recognizes three market cap divisions: large cap (usually $5 billion and above), mid cap (usually $1 billion to $5 billion), and small cap (usually less than $1 billion), although the cutoffs between the categories are not precise or fixed. In our example above, XYZ would be considered a small cap company. also called market cap."
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You have no idea what you are talking about.
Microsoft as a corporation makes money. Whatever the perceived value of the shares reflected on the stock price is largely irrelevant since Microsoft doesn't need to perform operations with its own stock since they are churning over four billions of profit per quarter.
If you were talking about Sony, a corporation losing tons of money, then share value might have some relevance since they are in need of resources.
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Then why are they firing 17% of their employees? I guess all those pinkslips will be somthing for them to perceive right?
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Oh god. Trying to explain finances to people not acquinted with the matter at hand is... ugh.
Profitable business (like Microsoft) fire employees during economic downturns for two reasons: first, it's easier to trim the fat when the economy is shaking. Second, to lower operating costs in order to turn the same profit with lower revenue.
@kowenicki: no, of course not. Megadude ain't in the business of being rational. He just has an agenda to push.
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Their stock is the lowest it's been since the 90's they're getting sued left and right. They've lost over 20 billion on the X-Box brand, cutting employees, vista was fail, Google is killing..... But you say all is well. They should loose more market value it wouldn't matter if their stocks traded for free you sez.
Now I'm not a CPA but my wifey is. We live in downtown Manhattan not the first stage in RE4. Show me the numbers that back up your statement that Microsoft is doing better then ever and has more money to burn then ever before or I call BS on you.
And I'm NOT talking about Sony; the OP is saying that M$ should go on a 200 million dollar shopping spree. Alls I'm telling you is that MS may not have as much money to burn as you think, (and you seem to think it's infinite).
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