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...

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

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

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

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...