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By Eight percent per annum  •  March 6, 2008
By: Jay The balance sheet is basically an elaborated display of a simple equation. Assets - Liabiilities = Shareholders' Equity or simply Equity What this means is that whatever assets that a company owns, subtracting whatever the company owes, gives you what's left for shareholders. This is also known as the book value of the company. Shareholders' Equity is usually at the bottom right of the balance sheet (Assets on the left side, Liabilities on the top right) and is usually broken down into the following sub components: Common stock Paid in capital Retained Earnings Preferred stock Treasury stock Others: there are actually a lot more complicated stuff but I will just lump it under others and we will talk about that on another day. Common stock and paid in capital are usually thought of as the original capital of the company. Common stock is the no. of outstanding shares multiplied by its par value which is usually some arbitrary no. like $1 and paid in capital is usually the proceeds received during IPO or subsequent secondary equity financing. Read more...
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