Convertible bonds may be converted into shares of another security —
usually common stock — under certain terms stated in the indenture.
Preferred stocks or bonds offering the right to exchange them for another security,
usually common stock of the same company.
A security, usually a bond or preferred stock, that can be converted into a different type of security -
usually common stock.
bonds that contains a provision allowing the holder to exchange the bond for a specified number of shares of a different security (
usually common stock) issued by the same company that issued the bond; terms of conversion are disclosed at the time the bond is issued
Not exact matches
Usually one voting
common share class but sometimes a non-voting
common share class may be established for
stock option grants in addition to voting share class.
A mutual fund custodian
usually maintains and holds all records, sales redemptions and trades of the share holders... A mutual fund custodian may but not always, act as the mutual fund transaction agent... Since a mutual fund is basically a pool of several funds and not one
common stock, it's essential that a 3rd party is involved to maintain, and oversee the funds operations...
Preferred equity is
usually issued to outside investors and carries rights and conditions that are different from that of
common stock.
Nonstatutory
Stock Options, or NSOs, will provide for the right to purchase shares of our common stock at a specified price, which may not be less than fair market value on the date of grant, and usually will become exercisable (at the discretion of the administrator) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the participant's continued employment or service with us and / or subject to the satisfaction of corporate performance targets and individual performance targets established by the administr
Stock Options, or NSOs, will provide for the right to purchase shares of our
common stock at a specified price, which may not be less than fair market value on the date of grant, and usually will become exercisable (at the discretion of the administrator) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the participant's continued employment or service with us and / or subject to the satisfaction of corporate performance targets and individual performance targets established by the administr
stock at a specified price, which may not be less than fair market value on the date of grant, and
usually will become exercisable (at the discretion of the administrator) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the participant's continued employment or service with us and / or subject to the satisfaction of corporate performance targets and individual performance targets established by the administrator.
YC typically provides $ 5K plus $ 5K per founder of seed funding for
usually 6 % of the equity in
common stock (which, as an aside, Sarah Lacy seems to question, but in my mind seems like something that I would jump at if I were a fledgling entrepreneur).
When it comes to
common pantry staples, oils, flours, and spices are
usually found on well -
stocked shelves — but why not apple sauce?
Their dividends are
usually qualified dividends, which get taxed at a lower tax rate, their yield is
usually higher than
common stock yields, and they may provide less share price volatility.
If you own
common stock, it gives you voting rights,
usually, and a right to profits distributed; whereas with preferreds I believe you don't have voting rights but are higher up on the payout scale (in case of bankruptcy, etc., you'd be paid before the
common stock holders).
It is very
common for the employee to exercise the unvested options immediately upon grant, and file 83 (b) election, in order to start the clock on long - term capital gains, and pay no taxes on exercise, and since the
stock is
usually super cheap at this point anyway, there is little risk.
Convertible: Designation for a bond, debenture, or preferred
stock which signifies that it may be exchanged by the owner for
common stock or another security,
usually one issued by the same corporation.
Usually refers to a «
common stock,» which is an investment that represents part ownership in a corporation, like Apple, GE, or Facebook.
Warrant: A security that gives the holder the right to buy the
common stock of the issuer at a specified price for a period of time,
usually years.
As with
common stock, dividends aren't guaranteed and must be declared by the board of directors,
usually on a quarterly basis.
«
Common stocks of enterprises with only slight possibilities of increasing profits ordinarily sell at a rather low P / E ratio (less than 15 times their current earnings); and the common stocks of companies with good prospects of increasing the earnings usually sell at a high P / E ratio (over 15 times their current earnings).&
Common stocks of enterprises with only slight possibilities of increasing profits ordinarily sell at a rather low P / E ratio (less than 15 times their current earnings); and the
common stocks of companies with good prospects of increasing the earnings usually sell at a high P / E ratio (over 15 times their current earnings).&
common stocks of companies with good prospects of increasing the earnings
usually sell at a high P / E ratio (over 15 times their current earnings).»
At the end of the year, when people inevitably start comparing their performance with others one
common theme
usually emerges: every great
stock picker runs a concentrated portfolio.
While preferred
stock usually doesn't carry the same voting rights as
common stock, it does have priority when it comes to dividends and bankruptcy.
In contrast, the
common stocks of most Hong Kong and Chinese income producing real estate companies are priced at least at 30 % discounts from NAV and
usually around 2x to 6x latest 12 month reported earnings.
Voting Whereas
common stock is often called voting equity, preferred
stocks usually have no voting rights.
Although the rule of thumb is that a company won't go public, and probably can't go public, if a
common stock issue can be priced only at or below private business value, once a typical, private company does go public, it ordinarily does so at a price which represents not only a substantial premium over private business value but, more importantly, also represents a meaningful discount,
usually based on comparative analysis spread sheets, from anticipated market prices for the new issue.
The very best companies whose
common stocks are publicly traded and where no catalyst exists
usually sell at discounts to NAV.
Shareholders
usually obtain either a fractional share of the new
common stock or cash in lieu of the fractional shares.
Par value of a
common stock usually has little relationship to the current market value and so no par value
stock is now more
common.
A bond, debenture or preferred share which may be exchanged by the owner,
usually for the
common stock of the same company, in accordance with the terms of the conversion privilege.
There is something they all have in
common — they are or were all excellent
stock pickers who
usually ran a concentrated portfolio to generate market beating returns.
These payments are
usually set at a higher rate than the yield of the company's
common stock; between 6 percent to 7 percent annual rates are typical.
The price of preferred
stock in a company will
usually differ from the price of
common stock, a reflection of its different rights and privileges.
«Preferred»
stock usually gives up the voting rights, but pays a higher dividend percentage (maybe double or triple that of
common stock) and may have payment guarantees (if a promised dividend is missed in one quarter and then paid in the next, the preferred stockholders get their dividend for the past and present quarters before the
common shareholders see a penny).
Typically, a company offers two levels of
stocks: «
Common»
stock usually has voting rights attached, and may pay dividends.
These kinds of shares generally carry a fixed dividend that needs to be paid out before the company can distribute any dividends to
common shareholders, and preferred
stock usually has no voting rights.
First, an accounting number —
usually earnings per share — is a tool to be used to help predict the price at which a
common stock will sell in markets just ahead.
An offer to purchase a certain amount of
common stock at a set price (
usually higher than the current price) during an extended period of time.
Common investing practices
usually include
stock picking and attempting to time the markets in order to drive returns.
In addition,
common stock generally has the greatest appreciation and depreciation potential because increases and decreases in earnings are
usually reflected in a company's
stock price.
Many
common stocks issued today do not have par values; those that do (
usually only in jurisdictions where par values are required by law) have extremely low par values (often the smallest unit of currency in circulation), for example a penny (USD$ 0.01) par value on a
stock issued at USD$ 25.00 / share.
Usually refers to
common stock, which is an investment that represents part ownership in a corporation.
Because insurers invest their float in a combination of
stocks and bonds (
usually 90 - 95 % bonds and preferred
stock and 5 - 10 %
common stock, the allocation with the highest low - risk returns), a play on insurers is really a play on bonds.
Next, we subtract any preferred dividends because they
usually have to be paid before a
common stock dividend is paid.
In preferred
stock, dividends are
usually fixed; with
common shares, dividends may vary with the performance of the company.