Brookview Publishing purchased $25\%$ of Denton Books' shares of common stock for $$113,000$ in Year $1.$ In Year $4,$ Brookview discontinued its use of the equity method for this stock, but they did not sell the stock. Why might Brookview have done this?

Denton Books sold an additional $30\%$ of their stock to Brookview Publishing.

Denton Books sold $25\%$ of their remaining stock to one of Brookview's competitors.

Denton Books reported net losses greater than $$452,000$ over the three years.

Denton Books reported net losses greater than $$113,000$ over the three years.