Preferred Stockholders Are

question 34

Multiple Choice

Preferred stockholders are

• A) usually unable to vote at stockholders' meetings.
• B) entitled to receive dividends before common stockholders do.
• C) entitled to receive stock certificates.
• D) all of these.

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Definitions:

Earnings per Share

A financial measurement that determines the amount of a company's earnings distributed to each share of its common stock.

Preferred Dividends

Preferred dividends are payments made to holders of preferred shares in a company, typically at a fixed rate, and have priority over common stock dividends in terms of distribution.

Earnings per Share

A company's profit divided by its number of common outstanding shares.

Weighted-average Shares

A calculation used in financial reporting that adjusts the number of outstanding shares for their time outstanding during the calculation period.