preferred stock

NOUN

stock which takes dividend before others

Synonyms

WEAK

convertible preferred stock cumulative convertible preferred stock cumulative preferred stock participating preferred stock preference stock

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preferred stock

Oaktree got preferred stock, which includes a 10% cash dividend requirement and a repayment penalty that increases with each year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The company recently raised $216 million from offloading 3,588 bitcoin to fund dividends on its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Strategy had previously been issuing preferred stock and selling common stock to raise money to buy and hold bitcoin.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

For enterprise value, Strategy included $6.75 billion of debt and $15.46 billion of preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Treasury didn’t ask for a piece of the action, or management changes, or for that matter anything at all except for a teaspoon of out-of-the-money warrants and preferred stock.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis