shareholder
noun
share·hold·er
ˈsher-ˌhōl-dər 
: one that holds or owns a share in property
especially
: stockholder
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However, historically, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is correlated with return-on-equity (ROE), which measures how efficiently companies produce profits from the capital provided by their shareholders.
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Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Brin, who remains a board member and a principal shareholder with a stake worth more than $140 billion, began appearing more frequently on campus starting in 2023, as part of an effort to help ramp up Google’s position in the hypercompetitive AI market.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
Insurance companies have shareholders to think about.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The good news is that there will be no blowback from the recent vote on Associated Party Transactions, with Farhad Moshiri agreeing to turn his sizeable shareholder loans, totalling around £450million, into equity.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Brin, who remains a board member and a principal shareholder with a stake worth more than $140 billion, began appearing more frequently on campus starting in 2023, as part of an effort to help ramp up Google’s position in the hypercompetitive AI market.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
Insurance companies have shareholders to think about.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The good news is that there will be no blowback from the recent vote on Associated Party Transactions, with Farhad Moshiri agreeing to turn his sizeable shareholder loans, totalling around £450million, into equity.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Shareholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shareholder. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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shareholder
noun
share·hold·er
-ˌhōl-dər
: one that owns or holds a share in property
especially
: stockholder
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