Farsala said:
I do not think they could purchase all of Sony's assets though. Heck they sold 2 buildings for 2Bn+. |
When you purchase the shares of a company, you purchase its assets and its liabilities. Sony has ~160B on assets, but they also have ~135B on liabilities. Of course MS can't purchase all their assets alone with the profits of one year, but they could purchase a majority of the shares and control the company. The most important data to know the health of a company IMO is the shareholders equity and the profits of the last 3-5 years. When you have losses during several years, and the shareholders equity is in a sharp decline, that company has huge problems, and that's why the share value has been so low.
