How to Use common stock in a Sentence

common stock

noun

• The shares are common stock, with no extra voting power.
  — Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Until then, shares of common stock, to use a precise though rarely used term, may have less and less in common.
  — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
• The number of shares represents more than 72 percent of all shares of common stock outstanding.
  — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• If an investor opted into the system, the voting power of his or her shares would grow over time, capped at 10 times the power of ordinary common stock after a decade.
  — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
• The move, if approved, would increase the common stock to 4 billion shares.
  — Molly Schuetz, Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2021
• Grace’s common stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  — Christopher Dinsmore, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• During his tenure, Musk won’t be able to own more than 14.9% of common stock.
  — Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022
• The Mountain Crest deal also includes the sale of $50 million in common stock at $10 a share.
  — John J Edwards Iii, Bloomberg.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• This follows a 1-for-30 reverse split of its common stock on Dec. 1.
  — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
• This ignores that there are other sources of funds aside from common stock.
  — Clifford Asness, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• Holders of two-thirds of Tribune common stock not owned by Alden must approve the sale.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021
• The value of common stock is tied to the business’ performance.
  — Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2022
• Each owns a special class of shares that entitle them to 10 times the voting rights of the common stock Robinhood plans to sell in the IPO.
  — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 19 July 2021
• Shareholders of its common stock won’t be that lucky, though.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 5 July 2020
• Deals that devalue shares of common stock are not out of the ordinary, Cote said.
  — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2021
• John Hess controls roughly 10% of the company’s common stock and will take a seat on Chevron’s board at the conclusion of the deal.
  — Mitchell Ferman, Fortune, 28 May 2024
• The oil producer slashed its common stock dividend in March for the first time in three decades as the plunge in oil prices weighed on the company.
  — Fortune, 2 May 2020
• The biggest news to emerge from it was that shareholders had approved a 3-for-1 split of the company’s common stock.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022
• The company's common stock ceased trading and was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
  — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
• True, last year, investors denied the company the chance to issue more common stock.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• TD Bank’s voting stake will be capped at 9.9%, with the balance of its position held in a new, non-voting class of Schwab common stock.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• There are simple solutions to the most common stock tank pool problems.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 23 May 2022
• The transaction is valued at $9.86 per share of Zynga common stock.
  — Michelle Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• Blackstone will emerge from the IPO with 73% voting control of the company’s two classes of common stock, the filing said.
  — Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2021
• Upon completion of the deal, Vizio’s Class A common stock will no longer be publicly listed.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
• So shareholders of record on August 21 will get a dividend of four extra shares of common stock for each share held at the time.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
• Becker wasn't the only member of SVB's top brass to sell company common stocks.
  — Ali Dukakis, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2023
• At the same time, the streaming platform noted a new $10 billion share buyback program for its common stock.
  — Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
• The holder of more than 75% of the voting power of the company’s common stock had taken the step, the filing explained, to remove without cause all members of the board of directors and the boards of each subsidiary.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 June 2024
• Also, convertible shares, as their name indicates, can be changed into shares of common stock so dilution could be a concern.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024