what value does a stock have, after the company goes bankrupt (united airlines)?
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With UAL, the stock was deleted, but that is not always the case.  It depends on the balance sheet of the company and how many creditors they have.  Keep in mind that the common stock is the lowest rung on the ladder.  When a company files for chapter 11 (reorganization), they have to negotiate with all of their creditors (the higher rungs on the ladder).  Once the bankruptcy court approves the plan, if there are any assets left they will go to the common stock holder.  In a lot of these situations, the common stock holder is then issued new shares in the new reorganized company.  Usually they do not recieve 1 to 1 for their shares.  It's usually a fractional amount like 1 share for every 50 that you previously owned.  This is why it is a bad idea to try to speculate on stocks of companies in bankruptcy.
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This happnds to companies that have a low vaule on the stock price but, high asset value. This happended to my company (Disney) a while back when Comcast tried to take us over. Bascilly it means they come in and buy up all the avaialbel stock to have an ownership and then they control the board and it's decsions which the board could sell the whole company for the price they are offering. In the Disney case we fought it off ad won they did not take us over.\n\nSometimes companies offer a leverged buyout like US Air is doing to Delta right now. They see vaule in the compnay and offer a premium to all stock holders above the market price hopeing to buy it out and merge and that is what hapoends most of the time. Hostile take overs don't happen often but, when they do look for lots of media coverage. Look for some article about Disney and Comcast.
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I think the first thing you want to do is an online search on the companies - find out whatever you can about them that way.\n\nThe companies could changed their names, the companies could have been acquired, the companies could have gone bankrupt, the companies could have been taken private, etc.  All have ramifications as to potential value.\n\nThere are several published references on old stock certs - see if your library has one of these:\n\nFinancial Stock Guide Service" - updated annually since the 1920's, I think.\n\nAlso:\n"Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable & Worthless Securities" \n"National Stock Summary".\n\nIf you have no success in identifying/tracking the companies, there are services for hire - those will come with a fee.
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Common stock is that owned by the general public.  It is on the lower end of the scale over priority stock which is offered to corporate officers, especially if there were a time of bankruptcy (like United Airlines and K-mart recent bankruptcies) then the common stock often becomes worthless, while the priority stock continues to have value after the company comes out of bankruptcy.
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There are several things that can determine the value of a stock. I'd say just how the company is doing profit wise can factor into the value, or who owns the company can factor.  Also, if the company has good business doings. I mean if your not dealing with the mob that is a plus, and maybe the company donates money to charity groups, etc. I think them are 3 good factors that help determine the value of a stock.
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If the company emerges from bankruptcy, that means the bankruptcy court has determined that the company has settled its debt.  Stock shares (like NWACQ.PK) are at the very bottom of debtors (below banks, bonds, etc.) and so are most likely dissolved, i.e., considered worthless.  If the company goes public again, it will be considered a new, different companies and as such, will be issuing new shares.  So, overall, unless Northwest manages to do one of the very, very few companies that manage to keep their stock, your investment is gone.
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It depends on the terms of the buyout. Likely you will get stock in 123, but you could get 123 stock and cash or just cash and no stock. All depends on the terms of the sale.
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People don't know what they are doing and don't know what bankruptcy means.  Once there is a Q on the end of a stock, the price is usually under a dollar.  The average Joe has no concept of risk.  They usually think that the lower the price of the stock, the higher the returns.  Just look at how many questions there are on Yahoo Answers about pink sheet stocks.
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look up symbol ANDS.  It's a high risk drug stock.  It fell drastically recently due to stock option scandal, but it's recovering fast.
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you need to read the stock option plan.  they almost all have a clause on what happens in the event of a take over.
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For every share sold, there is a share bought; \nfor every seller, there is a buyer.\nThe money that you lost might have gone to a short-seller who first sold the stock at $40 and then bought it back at $30, or it might have gone to somebody who bought the stock at $30 and will (in the future) sell the stock at $40. (By the way - the company itself might have been the buyer!)\nBottom line is that the $10 did NOT go INTO your pocket, it came OUT of your pocket!
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I don't believe the company exists, but that doesn't mean the stock is worthless.\n\nSee if your library has one of these:\n\n"Financial Stock Guide Service" - a directory of active stocks (addressing currently traded, actives issues), and a directory of obsolete securities (providing a brief profile of companies whose original identities have been lost through actions affecting their outstanding stock) updated annually and through monthly supplements.\n\nAlso, either "Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable & Worthless Securities" or "National Stock Summary" may be of use.
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I just wanted to share a few links I found for you...\n\nhttp://www.delta.com/about_delta/deltas_restructuring/investors_faqs/index.html\nhttp://www.deltadocket.com/\n\nIf I had to take a few guesses...\n1) I don't think there's any law about what must happen w/a stock after bankruptcy.  The government has no control about what happens after the bankruptcy proceedings are over.\n2) Are you sure your stock is canceled?  Those links say it's listed on the pink sheets.\n\nI believe the priority for liquidation (which this is not, but the priority should be the same) is IRS, unpaid wages, secured bondholders, unsecured bondholders, preferred stock, then common stock.  Technically Delta doesn't owe stockholders anything.
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Check out the nasdaq website. Look up that company, find out how much one share of stock is selling for. Then find out the number of available shares. Then multiply the two. That's your answer.\n\nThat doesn't mean you could buy the company for that figure, but that will answer your question.
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If they are sold to stockholders in exchange for cash, the cash is booked as paid-in capital.  (Actually, I believe the portion of the payment that constitutes payment of par value is booked as stockholder's equity, and the portion of payment that is above par value is tracked separately as paid-in capital in excess of par value.)  These are balance sheet items -- the company does not experience income when it sells its stock.
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Think of this as the first step in performing adequate research into  stock. Use yahoo finance, look in the business section of the newspaper, go to the library and get a s and p stock guide. If you can't find it in one of those sources, chances are that it either is not a publicly traded company or it isn't worth your time.
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Assuming the stocks you are asking about are in the form of bearer stock certificates (physical pieces of paper), you should find the following information on the certificate:\n\n1.  The name of the oil company that issued the stock you are holding.  You can search for this company on the internet to find out if it was purchased by another firm that still exists today.  If the stock you are holding was purchased by another firm, you may own shares in that new firm.\n\n2.  Look for the CUSIP number on the certificate.  You can do a similar search as outlined above to find out what happened to the company you're looking for.