Month: July 2023
- Share buyback (buyback of shares [US EN
stocks]): The process of a company buying back its own shares. This makes sense for the company if more equity is available than is needed for …
- Share split (US EN
stock split): The division of a share into two (rarely also: several) securities (each share is subdivided, thus the par value is also partitioned in the …
- Stock spread (continental share [US EN
stock] spread): Unless otherwise defined, the deviation in the price development of shares on the stock exchanges in Europe and the U.S.A.; more rarely also related …
- Share symbol (ticker symbol) EN
Coded price designation of a share, such as UBS N for registered shares of Union Bank of Switzerland Ltd. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by …
- Share for share exchange EN
The transfer of one share by one shareholder in return for the receipt of one share issued by another company, usually effected in the run-up to …
- Stock swap takeover (takeover by share [US EN
stock] stock barter): The acquisition of a company by compensating shareholders of the company to be acquired (target company) with shares (more rarely also with other …
- Circulation of shares (US EN
stocks): The value of shares issued by issuers domiciled in Germany is recorded statistically by Deutsche Bundebank and published in the respective monthly report in the …
- Share certificate (US EN
stock] certificate): Security that represents or replaces a share. It regularly differs from the share - by the place of listing and - by the currency …
- Shareholder, active (activist shareholder [US. stockholder], hands-on shareholder) EN
A shareholder who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active role in its management. Such activities are possible in various ways (or-less-iable …
- Shareholder, passive (US. stockholder, hands-off shareholder) EN
Shareholder who is generally unconcerned with the company's business and usually intends to hold the share for the long term (an investor who invests in the …