Eli5: Why do companies care about their stock prices?

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From my little understanding, company’s issues stocks to raise money. So once the company’s sell those stocks, why does it stock prices matter to them?

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Because the people who bought the company’s shares now have a financial stake in the company’s stock price.

If you invest $5000 in a company, you *absolutely* do not want to see the share price drop. And if the people running the company can’t keep the stock price up, then you as a shareholder can vote to sack them and replace them with people who can.

Basically, if the CEO doesn’t keep the stock price up, they don’t keep their job

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