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

Shares of Strategy and its biggest dividend-paying preferred stock, Stretch, have reversed some losses since the plan was announced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The company said it used the money raised to fund payment of distributions on preferred stock, and to replenish the money used from its U.S. dollar reserves for the distributions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Proceeds from the Bitcoin sales funded preferred stock distributions and replenished a portion of Strategy’s U.S. dollars reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Earlier this month, Strategy sold a portion of its bitcoin holdings to cover dividends obligations for its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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