Game_4_Anything said:
513b yen = $5.4b* Sony's total assets = $230.5b Sony's total equity (assets - liabilities) = $50b
Sony are not about to go bankrupt by any stretch of the imagination. Pointing out that Microsoft are bigger is a bit redundant. I don't think anyone would ever dispute that. They do have less assets and lower equity, though.
* straight currency conversion at current rates. |
There's no doubt that MikeB's Asset talk is wrong (although in very basic terms it's true), however it's no fact that MS are the bigger company.
The size of a company can be measured in various ways, Market Cap being one of the main ones. Assets, employee count, product count, revenue and worldwide influence can also decide on how big a company is, so it's quite opinionated. Microsoft are in a better financial state I think would be a better way of putting it.
