shareholder
Company part-owner
A shareholder is someone who owns shares in a company—a partial owner entitled to vote on corporate matters and receive dividends.
The term is interchangeable with stockholder in American usage.
Shareholders approved the merger at the annual meeting.
Large institutional shareholders often wield significant influence over company decisions.
Legal right of possession
- stakeSharpened post or share
- stockGoods kept for sale
- common stockBasic corporate ownership units
- preferred stockPriority-claim corporate ownership
capital · book value · par value · treasury stock · dilution · appreciation · valuation · market cap
Corporate decision venue
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
annual meeting · resolution · director · board seat · majority · minority · controlling · institutional
Attention, stake, or fee
- influencePower to affect others
- voiceSound from throat
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- protectionGuarding against harm
minority rights · class action · fiduciary duty · proxy fight · tender offer · buyout · squeeze-out · dissenting
Collected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
bullish · bearish · trading · long-term · short-term · day trader · institutional investor · retail investor
Money distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- quarterlyFour times annually
interim · final · reinvestment · ex-dividend · declaration · payment date · cash dividend · stock dividend
ownership
Legal right of possession
- stakeSharpened post or share
- stockGoods kept for sale
- common stockBasic corporate ownership units
preferred stock · capital · book value · par value · treasury stock · dilution · appreciation · valuation · market cap · float
boardroom
Corporate decision venue
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
voting rights · annual meeting · resolution · director · board seat · majority · minority · controlling · institutional · retail
interest
Attention, stake, or fee
protection · minority rights · class action · fiduciary duty · proxy fight · tender offer · buyout · squeeze-out · dissenting · advocacy
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
speculation · bullish · bearish · trading · long-term · short-term · day trader · institutional investor · retail investor · hedge fund
payout
Money distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
quarterly · interim · final · reinvestment · ex-dividend · declaration · payment date · cash dividend · stock dividend · preferred
- corporate worldCEO, CFO, COO, VP, executive
- financial account holdersdepositor, investor, bondholder, policyholder, stockholder
- Company RajBritish East India Company, East India Company, sepoy, sepoys, factory
- German Business LawGmbH, AG, KG, corporate governance, limited partnership
- businesscompany, corporation, firm, enterprise, commerce
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
shareholderdebtholder
One owed money
bondholder · creditor · lender · noteholder · employee
- shareholder meetingsGatherings of equity owners
- shareholder returnsProfits paid to owners
- shareholder valueEquity investor financial returns
- shareholder activismOwners pressuring management for change
- majority shareholderInvestor with voting control
- shareholders' meetingOwners' formal corporate gathering
shareholders, shareholding, shareholdings, shareholder value