• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    But, couldn’t the company sell their real estate and pay that out to shareholders while retaining the same profit potential?

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      1 year ago

      They can also sell product to customers, but often over stock items for the same reasons.

      Showing trillions of dollars in assets, with inflated inventory dollar values makes the company look more valuable, which impacts the stock price.

      I’m sure there are a dozen ways to skin that cat, but this is how C-Suite execs seem to prefer to make their stock go up