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AK1 asked in Business & FinanceInvesting · 11 months ago

What does buying a company in stocks mean?

Let’s say someone says “I want to buy your company for 1 million dollars in stock” how is that different from “I want to buy your company for 1 million dollars”

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  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    It means that you are taking Their company by giving them a million dollars worth of stock in another company. 

  • 11 months ago

    It means that you're not giving them money. You're giving them shares of another company. Possibly one that you're going to merge with the company they are selling.

  • 11 months ago

    It means instead of giving existing stock holder a million dollars you give them a million dollars of stock in another company,

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