01-11-2021, 03:52 AM
What proportion of public companies have negative lifetime IRRs?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Say I buy $10000 of shares in a random company at IPO and hold for 50 years or until bankruptcy, historically, how likely am I like to have been paid at least $10000 in dividends?</p> <p>Let’s limit ourselves to companies with market caps at IPO of at least $100m.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/XiPingTing"> /u/XiPingTing </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/kudde4/what_proportion_of_public_companies_have_negative/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/kudde4/what_proportion_of_public_companies_have_negative/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Say I buy $10000 of shares in a random company at IPO and hold for 50 years or until bankruptcy, historically, how likely am I like to have been paid at least $10000 in dividends?</p> <p>Let’s limit ourselves to companies with market caps at IPO of at least $100m.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/XiPingTing"> /u/XiPingTing </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/kudde4/what_proportion_of_public_companies_have_negative/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/kudde4/what_proportion_of_public_companies_have_negative/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R