capital stock
Company's issued equity
Capital stock refers to the total shares of ownership a corporation is authorized to issue, representing the equity stake that shareholders hold in the company.
In accounting, it appears on the balance sheet as the amount shareholders have invested in exchange for ownership.
Capital stock may be divided into common stock and preferred stock, each carrying different rights regarding dividends and voting.
Economists also use the term more broadly to mean the total productive assets—machinery, buildings, equipment—available in an economy.
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- book valueAsset minus accumulated depreciation
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- shareholder equityOwners' residual claim
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