How to Use preferred stock in a Sentence

preferred stock

noun
  • Part of the package may include non-voting preferred stock.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2019-10-18
  • One of his go-to stories involves convertible preferred stock.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 2019-07-01
  • This competition means yields on preferred stocks and high-yield bonds tend to be similar.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 2025-01-07
  • And the preferred stock pays a generous dividend of 8% per year.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 2020-01-10
  • Kim’s simple, four-ingredient dashi is now my preferred stock, his beef short ribs my favorite one-pot braise.
    — Washington Post, 2020-12-09
  • This is because the value of a preferred stock is inversely tied to interest rates.
    — Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 2022-12-19
  • The company will pay its founder with $40 million in cash on hand and the remainder in redeemable preferred stock.
    — Dallas News, 2022-11-14
  • The preferred stock carries dividends at 10% per annum.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 2024-12-18
  • The current preferred stock offering has a $9.3 million target.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2020-07-07
  • About 60% of the money the two funds committed is in the form of preferred stock, which delivers a return of 7% a year and limits their risk.
    — Rory Jones, WSJ, 2022-08-15
  • Conversely, during a wind-down, the preferred stock might hold greater value due to its priority in receiving proceeds.
    — Meenal Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 2025-05-06
  • Asia’s tech stocks have taken a hit from the recent tech sell-off, but UBS sees promise in the sector, naming its most — and least — preferred stocks in it.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 2024-08-14
  • However, the original investment was in the form of preferred stock and warrants to buy common shares, which were recently exercised.
    — Matthew Frankel, USA TODAY, 2017-12-15
  • In its 2025 Outlook report published earlier this week, Barclays called out Richemont as a preferred stock.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 2025-01-16
  • Torchlight said last week that the deadline for closing the agreement with Metamaterial had been extended to this Wednesday to allow for payment of a preferred stock dividend.
    — David Wethe and Sergio Chapa, San Antonio Express-News, 2021-06-24
  • Warren Buffet's preferred stock-market overvaluation indicator is flashing warning signs.
    — Douglas Carr, National Review, 2021-03-04
  • The purchase of convertible perpetual preferred stock could eventually make Harbin Pharmaceutical the biggest shareholder in the vitamin brand.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2018-03-07
  • Additionally, the respective conversion prices or ratios, as applicable, of the preferred stock of the Company will be adjusted in accordance with the respective terms of the Certificate of Designation for each class of preferred stock.
    — Charlotte Observer, 2024-04-19

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