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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Treasuries now yield 4% to almost 5%; investment-grade corporate bonds, 5% to 6%; mortgage securities, 5.5%; junk bonds, 7% or more; preferred stock, 6%; and municipal bonds, 2% to 4%.

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

He decided to enhance the company’s frenetic bitcoin buying by selling variable-rate perpetual, cumulative preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Alphabet issued over $19 billion in mandatory convertible preferred stock, offering a 6.25% annual dividend yield.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 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