Shareholder

A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of corporate stock refers to an individual or legal entity (such as another corporation...

reflects the amount that the business has paid to repurchase stock from shareholders. Retained earnings (or accumulated deficit) is the running total of the...

Shareholder activism is a form of activism in which shareholders use equity stakes in a corporation to put pressure on its management. A fairly small stake...

Shareholder loan is a debt-like form of financing provided by shareholders. Usually, it is the most junior debt in the company's debt portfolio. On the...

Shareholder value is a business term, sometimes phrased as shareholder value maximization. It became prominent during the 1980s and 1990s along with the...

shareholders' agreement (sometimes referred to in the U.S. as a stockholders' agreement) (SHA) is an enforceable agreement amongst the shareholders or...

A shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", is a type of defensive tactic used by a corporation's board of directors against a takeover...

Shareholder primacy is a theory in corporate governance holding that shareholder interests should be assigned first priority relative to all other corporate...

Total shareholder return (TSR) (or simply total return) is a measure of the performance of different companies' stocks and shares over time. It combines...

A controlling interest is an ownership interest in a corporation with enough voting stock shares to prevail in any stockholders' motion. A majority of...

to public companies in the United States, a shareholder resolution is a proposal submitted by shareholders for a vote at the company's annual meeting....

Desperate Shareholders (Russian: Отчаянные дольщики, romanized: Otchayannye dolshchiki) is a 2022 Russian crime comedy film directed by Ilya Farfell. The...

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is a proxy advisory firm. Hedge funds, mutual funds and similar organizations that own shares of multiple...

The Friedman doctrine, also called shareholder theory, is a normative theory of business ethics advanced by economist Milton Friedman which holds that...

A shareholder benefit (株主優待, kabunushi yūtai) is an incentive system offered by a joint-stock company to its shareholders who own a certain number of...

Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation which advocates for the rights of retail shareholders. Founded in...

Shareholder oppression occurs when the majority shareholders in a corporation take action that unfairly prejudices the minority. It most commonly occurs...

The Shareholder Executive (ShEx) was a body within the UK Government between 2003 and 2016, responsible for managing the government's financial interest...

The term shareholder yield captures the three ways in which the management of a public company can distribute cash to shareholders: cash dividends, stock...

Specifically, a limited company is a "company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount individually invested" with corporations being...