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What is important is that dilution increases the number of shares that are out in the market. More shares means more liquidity, but it also means that a stock can be harder to move. Every tick in the share prices means far more money. A stock that has 500 million shares that trades at $0.10 is a $50 million dollar company. It might not seem like much when you compare it to a lot of the famous companies, but for a penny stock that is a crazy valuation.
The more shares there are the harder it is to move the stock, because the amount of money needed to make a dent increases. For existing shareholders, dilution devalues their existing shares and makes it harder to get back to the place they were. It also looks bad for the company. Having a gap between the O/S and the A/S can mean that dilution is a possibility. A stock that is maxed out needs paperwork to sell more shares. It is a favorite of small time promoters or momentum groups to use maxed out companies, since the company cannot ruin anything by selling shares into any run.