Understanding Equity On A Business Balance Sheet

If you were a shareholder in a company, perhaps the first thing you would be interested in on a balance sheet would be the equity. Often near the totals at the end of the balance sheet, this is essentially what the company is 'worth' to its owners. For the purposes of the explanations here, the examples are for small businesses - i.e. ones that are not floating on the stock market or 'going public'. Reading the balance sheets of these enterprises can be much more complicated!

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