preferred stock
noun
: stock guaranteed priority by a corporation's charter over common stock in the payment of dividends and usually in the distribution of assets
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Despite a sell-off in December, preferred stock saw favorable returns last year.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
This competition means yields on preferred stocks and high-yield bonds tend to be similar.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The preferred stock carries dividends at 10% per annum.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
The company has said some proceeds would go toward redeeming all outstanding shares of its non-convertible preferred stock.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
This competition means yields on preferred stocks and high-yield bonds tend to be similar.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The preferred stock carries dividends at 10% per annum.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
The company has said some proceeds would go toward redeeming all outstanding shares of its non-convertible preferred stock.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Preferred stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferred%20stock. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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