An equity interest in a company is a perpetual claim on future profits. Equity IS securitized profits.
replyGoogle's purchase sends cash to to SpaceX, which they report as revenue, and which they earn a profit from.
SpaceX cannot report Google’s investment as revenue on its balance sheet. Full stop. Equity investments are reported as shareholder equity. If you don’t believe me, read FASB ASC 605-606, ask your friendly neighborhood CPA—or, perhaps so you’ll earn a valuable lesson about confidently spreading bullshit about subjects in which you are clearly uneducated (or, at best, superficially educated), try it yourself in a public company and go to jail.
replyYou don’t know what you’re talking about and are way out of your lane. Stop now. In fact, you should retract your parent comment and apologize to the community for leading them astray.
Did you even try to ask even ChatGPT or Claude about this first?