Share Sale
You sell ownership in the company itself. The buyer takes everything: assets, liabilities, contracts, history. Less common because buyers prefer the tax benefits and liability protection of asset sales.
- How it's worked out
- Sale of company shares/equity
- Which way is better
- Read it in contextNeither higher nor lower is better on its own. Read it alongside the measures around it.
Written by Mandy Walker, founder of Focus on Cash. Updated October 2026. This explanation comes from the glossary inside Focus on Cash, so it matches the words you see in the app.
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