Shareholders receive value from the corporations they own or invest in through dividends or increases in company value. These dividends increase the per-share price of privately held company stock.

All publicly traded companies are required to release financial statements quarterly so investors can get a sense of how the business is doing. There are three main financial statements investors ...

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