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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It sold around $16.8 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock with a 6.25% dividend yield, up from a planned $15 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The bitcoin-hoarding firm says it sold the cryptocurrency to fund distributions on its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Alphabet said it plans to issue $30 billion in concurrent underwritten public offerings consisting of $15 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock and $15 billion in its class A and class C common equity.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Some $2.56 billion of that was in preferred stock.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 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