face value

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Strategy’s Stretch preferred stock is trading at $88, over 10% below its $100 face value, resulting in a 13% current yield.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

But let’s take the article at face value.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

The first was listed at £1,898, that's £2,183 including the Fifa fee - so comes in four times face value of £523.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

At the time, typical shares were issued with a face value of $100 each, known as par value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

People shouldn’t take this case at face value.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones