You are confused or may not have been paying attention to the context of the post you replied to. We're talking about the value of a publicly traded company, N

You are confused or may not have been paying attention to the context of the post you replied to. We're talking about the value of a publicly traded company, Nvidia. We aren't talking about the value of the Mona Lisa, or an NFT of a dancing monkey or even a Bitcoin. I didn't write anything controversial and you don't need to consult an economics textbook, a basic Investopedia article will do: From Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/11/choosing-valuation-methods.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/1... "The dividend discount model (DDM) is one of the most basic of the absolute valuation models. The dividend discount model calculates the "true" value of a firm based on the dividends the company pays its shareholders." An alternative model if there is no dividends: "the Discounted Cash Flow model uses a firm's discounted future cash flows to value the business. " The ability of a firm to sell itself to a foreign firm is not a factor is valuing the firm. I wouldn't use these models to value a Pikachu trading card, but this is stock market 101 type stuff.