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

Example Sentences

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A slump in Strategy’s Stretch preferred stock to a record low limits its Bitcoin acquisition funding.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Strategy has been pressured since its biggest dividend-paying preferred stock, Stretch, began sliding below its par value of $100 and plunged to a record low.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Some investors have questioned the logic of using preferred stock to buy Bitcoin when the company lacks operating earnings that could support the dividend stream.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

The company has about $15 billion of preferred stock outstanding and an equity market value of $40 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 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