Stock vs. Company

Former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer: During time that our market cap went from $500 billion to $200 billion our profit tripled from $9 billion to $28 billion. Start watching at the 33:18 mark.

Good reminder that there can be a difference (sometimes very large!) between the stock and the company.

msft Stock vs. Company

Source: Yahoo! Finance

This example is presented for illustrative purposes only and does not represent a past recommendation.

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