Stocks Flashcards
unit of ownership in a corporation
- equity investment
Stocks (Shares of Stocks)
- owner of shares of stocks
Stockholder or Shareholder
- dividends
- gains on income/profit from Sale of stock
Earnings in Stock Investment
Classifications of Stocks
Based on Ownership or Rights of Stockholders
- Common stock
- Preferred stock
Classification of Stocks Based on the Nature of Business
- Banks
- Financial services
- Industrial
- Commercial
- Mining
- Oil
Classifications of Stocks
Based on Risk and Earnings Potential
- Blue chips/Value stocks
- Growth stocks
- Cyclical stocks
- Defensive stocks
- Speculative stocks
Classifications of Stocks
4. Based on Market Capitalization
5. Marketability
6. Citizenship of Investors
- Large-cap
- Mid-cap
- Small-cap
- Micro-cap
- Large-cap
- LISTED
UNLISTED - CLASS A
CLASS B
- represents basic ownership
- carries extensive rights in the corporation
Common Stocks (Ordinary Shares)
Rights of Common Stocks Holder
- Voting rights
- Right to Dividends
- Pre-emptive rights
- enjoys preference over common stock
-> distribution of Dividends
-> distribution of Assets (in case of liquidation)
Preferred Stocks (Preference Shares)
- Belong to large corporations with long record of earnings & dividend payments
Blue chips/Value Stocks
Belong to corporations with growth rate faster than that of the general economy
Growth Stocks
Earnings & prices move with the changes in national economy
Cyclical Stocks
Earnings are not affected so much by changes in the economy
Defensive Stocks
Belong to companies that are expected to operate profitably in the future
Speculative Stocks
Stock Values
Par Value
Book Value
Net Asset Value
Market Value
nominal value assigned to a share
Par Value
value of a stock based on the value of stockholders’ equity per books of accounts
Book Value