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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Buffett’s trouble with airlines started in the late 1980s, when Berkshire’s $358 million investment in USAir’s preferred stock in 1989 quickly went south.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The company also sold preferred stock to raise $100,000, to bring the total amount raised to $43 million.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Saylor has been anxious to promote the preferred stock, extolling its high-yield/ low volatility returns.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

By the time Bennett took Ashford Inc. private again in 2024—for $11 million—its common shareholders had never had a profitable year after paying interest costs and preferred stock dividends.

From Barron's • Apr. 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