stockholders
Company share owners
Stockholders are people or entities that own shares in a corporation.
The term is interchangeable with shareholders.
Stockholders have ownership stakes that entitle them to vote on company matters and receive dividends: The stockholders approved the merger.
A company's decisions often balance the interests of stockholders against those of employees, customers, and communities.
Units of company ownership
- equity stakeOwnership portion in enterprise
- holdingsProperty one owns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
certificate · allotment · stake · controlling interest · outstanding shares · dilution · book entry
Corporate profit share
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- earnings per shareProfit allocated per stock
capital gains · reinvestment · quarterly dividend · buyback · repurchase · appreciation · total return · ex-dividend
Delegated electoral choice
- annual reportOrganization's periodic financial summary
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- corporate governanceCompany direction and control
fiduciary duty · bylaws · quorum · resolution · AGM · minority rights · class action · disclosure
Entity investing pooled capital
- retail investorNonprofessional who trades securities
- activist investorStockholder seeking corporate change
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- venture capitalistStartup equity investor
pension fund · mutual fund · hedge fund · insider · nominee · custodian
shares
Units of company ownership
- equity stakeOwnership portion in enterprise
- holdingsProperty one owns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
securities · certificate · allotment · stake · controlling interest · outstanding shares · dilution · book entry
dividend
Corporate profit share
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- distributionAllocation across recipients
earnings per share · capital gains · reinvestment · quarterly dividend · buyback · repurchase · appreciation · total return · ex-dividend · payment date
proxy vote
Delegated electoral choice
- annual reportOrganization's periodic financial summary
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
corporate governance · fiduciary duty · bylaws · quorum · resolution · AGM · minority rights · class action · disclosure · SEC filing
institutional investor
Entity investing pooled capital
- retail investorNonprofessional who trades securities
- activist investorStockholder seeking corporate change
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
venture capitalist · pension fund · mutual fund · hedge fund · insider · nominee · custodian
- business ownershipowner, sole proprietor, sole proprietorship, co-owner, proprietor
- investorsinvestor, retail investors, retail investor, angel investors, institutional investors
- backerssupporters, backers, sponsors, patrons, funders
- corporationsApple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Toyota
- eliteselites, plutocrats, oligarchs, aristocrats, blue bloods
- bourgeoisiemiddle class, petit bourgeois, shop owners, shopkeepers, merchants
stockholdersemployees
Paid staff members
workers · debtors · labor · wage earners · management