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When public companies make offers to buy each other, they usually offer prices a few percent above the public market value, no? Maybe Amazon is worth less with
by est31 6y ago
When public companies make offers to buy each other, they usually offer prices a few percent above the public market value, no?
Maybe Amazon is worth less without having a strong leadership. At least Apple gained a lot from the co-founder coming back. But in general, if he sells in small packages, he should be able to convert his stocks into cash if he wanted to.
- gpm 6y agoA company (or anyone else) attempting to buy all of a public company does pay a premium, but no one is about to take Amazon private. Selling in small packages, alleviates one problem (lack of instantaneous demand), but it still increases the supply of shares in the market, which is going lower the price. That's before you consider effects like strong leadership or that the apparent lack of confidence from the big share holder is going to decrease the price. Edit: Incidentally if you look at Bezos's trading history, you'll discover that he has been doing the "sell in small packages thing". I'd speculate that he's doing it as fast as he thinks he can get away with: https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1043298&tc=7 https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1043298&tc=7