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Why would it? Stock compensation doesn't affect cash flow, it just dilutes the shareholders.
by brainwad 4mo ago
Why would it? Stock compensation doesn't affect cash flow, it just dilutes the shareholders.
- verdverm 4mo agoExcept that's the thing, they do stock buybacks so they do not dilute existing shareholders or lower stock prices. This is the video I watched that explained the shenanigans (from the guests' perspective, not illegal, obfuscated) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrJzjC4kKCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrJzjC4kKCY
- wqaatwt 4mo agoYeah but that’s very standard and pretty much all pre-profit tech companies do something like that when/if they can
- verdverm 4mo agosure, the guests say as much, their point is that it is hard to determine their real free cash flow. They estimate Meta is 80% lower and Alphabet is 2/3 lower. They give more details and quarterly perspectives