RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:My TakeDirksidetrack wrote: Total Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders Equity. Therefore Shareholders Equity = Total Assets minus Liabilities. Ok not literal you're right. But if oyl goes bsnkrupt then it becomes literal because once assets are sold off and creditors get what they can then shareholders will be down over 303 million. Note that under Canadian law creditors get paid first. Shareholders last, if there's anything left. Think Nortel.
Dirk,
Current share price of a company is very rarely book value ( shareholder's equity / outstanding shares)
Current share price is based on the markets perception of some future value. 99% of shares trade at values based on discounted future anticipated value.