I understand the basics. Company A goes public with an IPO. Sells stocks. Gets money from stocks to support their business operations. What I don’t get is after the IPO how does the company make money off of the outstanding shares? I know it boosts their valuation… does this give them leverage for borrowing that they wouldn’t have privately? I know they can issue more shares but doesn’t that dilute the total amount of shares and hurt or saturate the # of shares? I know they can buy back shares. I’m just trying to figure out the reason for stocks trading everyday instead of it being hot potato between fund managers and retail investors
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