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By dividends paid to the shareholders of the company.

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What is share capital and how raising share capital?

Share capital is the investment in company from public to earn profit and it can be raised by offering shares to public for purchase.


Difference between public and private?

a private company, is a company or group of companies owned by a single person or a group of people (share holders), they collect its profit based on an understanding they have. a public company is usually a listed company or a government owned company, where its profit are usually collected by the government.


The primary goal of a publicly owned corporation is to?

The Primary goal of any for profit company is to make a profit. Publicly owned companies are often taken public to raise cash for further operations and expansion. Once a company is taken public, profit is still the main focus but it shifts from the private owner to the share holders. After all the more a stock share is worth the more a company is worth on paper at least.


Who receives the profit of Public Limited Companies?

citizens of the country are the beneficiaries of the profit owned in a public limited company as it is owned by the governmental bodies of that country,so the profit is reused to make roads and other public facilities.


What is maximazation of shareholders wealth and profit?

The maximization of a shareholder's profit is at a point where the value of share is maximum and dividend on the share paid by the company is also very high but only few successful companies give such profit maximization to their shareholders and the listings of such companies can be found out on activetrader-links.com for investment purposes.


Why are private companies unlikely to provide public goods'?

The non-excludability of public goods makes it difficult to profit from them.


Where can you find sales figures for public companies?

Balance sheet and Profit and Loss statements of Public listed companies are available to general public for review. You can also request for full information, or buy it from the related government departments. Sales figures can be found in the Profit and Loss statement of a public company.


Why do governments provide public goods?

The free market is incapable of providing these essential goods.Private companies cannot profit by providing them.


What factors prevents private companies from deciding to produce public goods?

The profit motive


Public goods are not typically produced by private companies because?

The non-excludability of public goods makes it difficult to profit from them.


Please explain the difference between a 'for-profit' company and 'non-profit' company?

Non-Profit Companies - These are companies that do not redistribute profits to shareholders or even to the owners. In their company goals, they discuss pursuing their corporate mission (i.e. Making another fundraiser, another public class, something that is for public good). Some examples of these are charitable organizations and most government agencies.For-Profit Companies - These are companies that redistribute their profits to their shareholders (stock holders). These are companies that follow a corporate mission of making money for their shareholders and look out for themselves (more self interest). These types of companies can be public (trading stocks) or privately (solely owned by the owners) held.


What is the difference between an IPO and equity share?

IPO Initial Public Offering is made by private companies to convert it into public based companies and that is the first time ever that company is selling its shares to the public whereas Equity share is the existing share of a company in the market. Once IPO is done, the company doesn't want to buy its own shares from the public, instead the company will pay the interest to the public who holds its shares.