Share

Shareholder value - companies.

An ordinary share in a company is a proportionate ownership right in the company.

Its main features normally include:

- A right to a proportion of any residual assets of the company on a liquidation.

- A right to receive any dividends declared.

- A right to vote in general meetings of the company.

- An obligation to subscribe equity capital of a fixed amount per share.

This type of share is also known as common stock, or an equity share.

All shares that are not equity shares are known as non-equity shares.

Non-equity shares include preference shares.

Historically, shares were evidenced by paper certificates.

More commonly, they are now recorded in electronic form.

See also

• Allotment
• Allotted share capital
• Authorised share capital
• Basic earnings per share
• Bond
• Called up share capital
• Common stock
• Concert party
• Control
• Diluted earnings per share
• Dilution
• Dividend
• Dividend per share (DPS)
• Earnings per share (EPS)
• Equity
• Equity capital
• Equity market
• Equity share
• Equity security
• FA 1985 Pool
• Flowback
• Fully paid share capital
• Gilts
• Issued share capital
• Liquidation
• Listing
• Lognormally distributed share returns
• Member
• Non-equity security
• NOSH
• Ordinary shares
• Outstanding share capital
• Paper
• Penny shares
• Preference shares
• Residual assets
• Security
• Scrip issue
• Share buy-back
• Share capital
• Share for share exchange
• Share of wallet
• Share premium
• Share premium account
• Share price
• Share split
• Shareholder
• Shareholder value
• Shareholders’ funds
• Shareholders’ wealth
• Shareholding
• Stakeholder
• Stock
• Stock exchange
• Substantial shareholding
• Treasury shares
• Value share