Shareholders Equity

David Carr: Tam Brands and US Tobacco are two companies that have talked about problems with going into a negative shareholders equity position through the use of additional debt to repurchase more shares. You should buy in your stock when you don't have a use for the money, he says. David Carr: There is nothing magic about whether shareholder equity is positive or negative. The Coca-Cola has a shareholder equity of $5 billion.