Capital stock is the number of common and preferred shares that a company is authorized to issue, and is recorded in shareholders' equity.

Whirlpool, the most important appliances company in America, is seeing a sharp decline in its share price. Because of the cyclicality of its business model and bad capital allocation decisions, WHR's ...

Common stock is equity, not an asset or liability, giving ownership in a company. Issuing common stock raises funds without debt repayment obligations. On balance sheets, common stock is recorded ...

Under Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, privately held companies can sell shares of stock without going public by making a private placement. Because the stock is not traded publicly, ...

We preview BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.'s upcoming Q4 earnings report. Shares have rallied sharply in 2024 amid enthusiasm toward opportunities in AI despite an otherwise weak financial outlook. We ...

A balance sheet is one of the three major financial statements companies issue, and it gives a snapshot of assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Information about a company's common stock is ...

It was common practice in times past for states to require that a par value be placed on stock issued by corporations. States wanted corporations to keep a reserve of funds available for creditors in ...