Can be either an opportunity or a risk, or in fact, both – depending on the circumstances of the company.
For example, a company with sound finances that is looking to acquire promising targets for consolidation – this would be an ideal opportunity. Due to depressed share prices, it may be able to acquire such companies for a good price. That said, such target companies might quite reasonably feel that their value has been artificially depressed by the economic crisis, and may not be willing to be sold under such circumstances.
