Why would a person own all of the stock of two companies (1) a manufacturer of Snowmobiles and (2) the other only owns equipment all of which is leased to company 1? Lets do some research. How many shares of stock does the Walton family own of Wal-Mart? What is the value per share of Wal-Mart today. What was the total dividend/share declared by Wal-Mart last year and how much went to the Walton family