The difference between equity shares and preference shares and debt?

Q: What is a share? What is a bond? What is the difference between holding the share of a company…

A: Shares are the part of Equity of the company. Bonds are the part of liability for the company.

Q: why does the value of a share of stock depend on dividends?

A: Dividend on stocks: Dividend is the proportion of profit that the company distributes among its…

Q: How does preferred stock differ from common stock?

A: Capital Stock of CorporationCapital stock is issued by the corporation to raise funds from the…

Q: What is shares?....

A: generally, company capital is divided into small units called shares.  holding some number of shares…

Q: What are stock dividends and stock splits?

A: Stock dividend: It is a dividend installment made in shares instead of as money to investors. The…

Q: What is the difference between a Corporate Stock and a Corporate Bond?

A: Corporate Stocks are represents as equity portion of the issuing corporation. Owners of Corporate…

Q: whats the return on assets? whats the return on common stockholders equity?

A: The Return on assets It is the return ratio calculated by dividing Net income by total average…

Q: What is the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding?

A: Calculation of weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding: Date Particulars  Share…

Q: What are the key differences between common stock, preferred stock, and corporate bonds?

A: All are different way for company to take investment via a public. All have different feature,…

Q: Outline the advantages and disadvantages of dealing with preference shares from debt holders’ point…

A: A company has several sources from where it can raise funds. It can issue equity shares and the…

Q: What is a treasury shares?

A: The Question has covered the concept of Treasury shares. When a company buys back its outstanding…

Q: What is the difference between stock split and stock dividends.

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Q: What is the related standard for Shareholders Equity?

A: The philippine financial reporting standards: These are the accounting standards and practices used…

Q: What does the statement of stockholders’ equity report? How does the statement of stockholders’…

A: A financial statement is the complete record of financial transactions that take place in a company…

Q: From a corporation’s point of view, how does preferred stock differ from common stock?

A: Difference between Preferred and Common Stock from a corporation's point of view:   1. Preferred…

Q: Why might conflicts arise between stockholders and debtholders?

A: A stockholder or a shareholder can be an individual or a company who own one or more shares of a…

Q: What is the difference between a stock split and a stock split effected in the form of a stock…

A: Stock split: It is the way of reducing the value of a share by split one share into multiple shares.…

Q: How is the common stockholders' equity, or net worth, calculated?

A: Stockholders’ equity: Stockholders’ equity is referred to as the claims of the stockholders on the…

Q: What is a share of stock? What is a bond? Explain their differences andsimilarities.

A: The bonds and shares are issued in the capital market in order to fulfil the capital requirement of…

Q: What is the difference between a cash dividend and a stock dividend?

A: Cash dividends are the amount of cash distributed to stockholders by a company out of its earnings,…

Q: How will you compute outstanding shares? Does it include share premium and retained earnings?

A: Outstanding shares means common shares of the business as on a particular date. For example, a…

Q: what is eturn on common shareholders' equity role in analysis?

A: Return on common shareholders’ equity: It refers to the return that company investors of common…

Q: What are the two basic sources of stockholders’ equity? Describe each source.

A: Stockholder's equity refers to total assets which investors in which debts and liabilities of…

Q: State the difference between common stock and preferred stock.

A: Shareholders' fund consist of two types of stock namely common stock and preferred stock. Both…

Q: Where can authoritative IFRS be found related to dilutive securities, stock-based compensation, and…

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Q: What are stock splits and stock dividends? Whatare the advantages and disadvantages of each?

A: Introduction: Usually, dividend is nothing but, sharing a portion of profits of the corporation, as…

Q: What is Bonds / Preference Shares and Ordinary Shares

A: Bond, preference shares and ordinary shares are the financial instrument issued for purpose of…

Q: Should preferred stock be considered as equity or debt? Explain.

A: Preferred stock: Preferred stock is a hybrid security that mixes characteristics of both common…

Q: Explain what is Bonds/ Preference Shares and Ordinary Shares, and factors determinant in choosing…

A: In the financial markets, the share is referred as the unit that are used as the limited…

Q: Should preference shares be disclosed as equity or as debt?

A: Stocks: Stocks are shares in ownership in other companies. It represents the capital raised by a…

Q: What is the difference between common stock and retained earnings?

A: Accounting:   Accounting is a system, or a process of collecting and organizing economic…

Q: What factors to determine in choosing either Bonds /  Preference Shares or Ordinary Shares  as the…

A: Capital Structure is the structure of the firm capital which consists the mix of debt , equity and…

Q: What is the difference between the two basic sources of shareholders’ equity?

A: Shareholder's equity is the capital contributed by shareholders in the company and accumulated…

Q: How does authorized stock differ from outstanding stock?

A: Outstanding stock: The total number of shares that are authorized and issued by a public company,…

Q: What is the difference between shares and bonds from the perspective of an investor

A: Institutional investors are high net worth institutions who invest in stocks for the purpose of…

Q: What is a Stock Split and Stock Dividend?

A: The two terms Stock dividend and stock split are always confused because of a number of similarities…

Q: What effect does the stock split have on Nike’s assets? Its liabilities? Its shareholders’ equity?

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Q: What factors to be considered in choosing either bonds, preference shares or ordinary shares as the…

A: A company can raise capital by various means – by issuing bonds or by issuing preference shares or…

Q: Distinguish between accounting for retired shares and for treasury shares.

A: Retire stock: Buy back of shares from the shareholders by paying cash and obtaining the status of…

Q: Who actually owns stock, how is the price of common stock based and how is the price of bonds

A: When company issues the stock of company in the market they are bought by all interested…