Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid.
[US, business]
The company priced its offering of 2.7 million shares of common stock at 20 centsa share.
2. See also preferred stock
regional note: in BRIT use ordinary shares
common stock in British English
noun
the US name for ordinary shares
common stock in American English
US
ordinary capital stock in a company without a definite dividend rate or the privileges of preferred stock, but usually giving its owner a vote at shareholders' meetings in proportion to the owner's holdings
common stock in Finance
(kɒmən stɒk)
noun
(Finance: Investment, Stocks)
Common stock is the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at companymeetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferredstock have been paid.
The company priced its offering of 2.7 million shares of common stock at 20 cents a share.
The banking concern said that under the plan, shareholders will exchange their common stock for an equal number of shares in the new holding company.
Common stock is the shares in a company owned by people who have a right to vote at company meetingsand to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stockhave been paid.
stock, stock
common stock in Accounting
(kɒmən stɒk)
noun
(Accounting: Investing)
Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to receivepart of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid.
The company priced its offering of 2.7 million shares of common stock at 20 cents a share.
The banking concern said that under the plan, shareholders will exchange their common stock for an equal number of shares in the new holding company.
Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to voteat the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holdersof preferred stock have been paid.