stockholder
Owns company pieces
A stockholder is a person or entity that owns shares in a corporation.
The term is interchangeable with shareholder, though stockholder appears more often in American legal and corporate contexts: The stockholders voted to approve the merger.
Stockholders have certain rights, including voting on major company decisions and receiving dividends when declared.
Formal choice expression
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- meetingGathering for discussion
- agendaFormal discussion list
notice · ballot · proposal · dissent · appraisal · preemptive · class-action · inspection
Collected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- holdingsProperty one owns
capital · returns · diversification · appreciation · risk · allocation · position · long-term
Units of company ownership
- certificateFormal written attestation
- stakeSharpened post or share
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- holdingsProperty one owns
title · beneficial · nominee · vesting · majority · minority · controlling · common
Mutual giving and receiving
- tradingExchanging for value
- NYSELargest equities market
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- IPOFirst public stock offering
capitalization · liquidity · volatility · valuation · bull · bear · brokerage · ticker
Corporate decision venue
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- CEOTop corporate officer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- corporationLegally separate business entity
governance · fiduciary · bylaws · proxy · merger · acquisition · conglomerate · subsidiary
Money distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- quarterlyFour times annually
- annualOccurring every year
reinvestment · earnings · income · disbursement · interim · special · ex-dividend · declaration
vote
Formal choice expression
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- meetingGathering for discussion
agenda · notice · ballot · proposal · dissent · appraisal · preemptive · class-action · inspection · disclosure
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
holdings · capital · returns · diversification · appreciation · risk · allocation · position · long-term · speculation
shares
Units of company ownership
- certificateFormal written attestation
- stakeSharpened post or share
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
holdings · title · beneficial · nominee · vesting · majority · minority · controlling · common · preferred
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
IPO · capitalization · liquidity · volatility · valuation · bull · bear · brokerage · ticker · quote
boardroom
Corporate decision venue
corporation · governance · fiduciary · bylaws · proxy · merger · acquisition · conglomerate · subsidiary · management
payout
Money distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- quarterlyFour times annually
annual · reinvestment · earnings · income · disbursement · interim · special · ex-dividend · declaration
- capitalismcapitalism, free market, free enterprise, private property, profit motive
- corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
- Businesspeopleentrepreneur, executive, CEO, businesswoman, founder
- financial rolesinvestor, borrower, lender, creditor, debtor
- organizationteam, group, company, department, club
- ownershipowner, own, ownership, possess, proprietorship
stockholderbondholder
One who owns debt securities
debtholder · creditor · lender · noteholder · lienholder
stockholderemployee
Hired organizational member
worker · debtor · laborer · borrower · management
- stockholder meetingsGatherings of company owners