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why is net asset value (nav) only reported by funds, but not stocks?
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the (assets - liabilities)/#shares of a company is its book value, and that number is included in their reports. it's easy for a fund to release the net asset value on a daily basis because all of its assets (stocks, bonds, and cash) are given values every day by the market.  it's  also necessary to have a real time value for a fund as it will be bought and sold every day. a company can't really do the same thing as it will have much more diverse assets - real estate, cars, inventory, goodwill, etc.  the real time value of those assets doesn't have the same meaning as a fund; those assets are used to earn cash, while a fund's business is only to maximize its net asset value.
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