Its common for companies to have millions or billions of outstanding shares that represent the companys overall ownership. Because of this, common stock is referred to as an equity security. Example: Coca-Cola is the issuer of Coca-Cola stock. Example: the investor is long (owns) 100 shares of GE stock.
What is a common stock purchase?
Common stock is the most basic type of ownership share in a company. Each share gives you the right to vote for the companys board of directors and to receive a share of any dividends that the company issues. Some companies issue several different types of common stock, with different voting rights and dividends.
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Common stock - also called common shares, capital shares, or capital stock - represents units of ownership in a corporation. Purchasers of common stock are
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As of December 31, 1998, the Company had re-purchased 1,100,081 shares of its common stock at a total cost of $23,216,047. Capital expenditures totaling
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