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2ON asked in Business & FinanceCorporations · 1 decade ago

What does the result of a companies total liabilities being higher than their stockholders' equity mean?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    That would indicate that the company's assets were financed using debt equity (i.e. loans or bonds), rather than from shareholders' or owners' equity investments.

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