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Preferred Stock. Company Accounting. Outline. Definition Rights Characteristics of Preferred Stock Types Preferred Stock The following attributes of preferred stocks should be recognized How Do I Buy Preferred Stock? Preferred Stock Valuation Risks of investing in preferred stocks.
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Preferred Stock Company Accounting
Outline • Definition • Rights • Characteristics of Preferred Stock • Types Preferred Stock • The following attributes of preferred stocks should be recognized • How Do I Buy Preferred Stock? • Preferred Stock Valuation • Risks of investing in preferred stocks
Preferred Stock • Another way for a company to raise capital for its growth • It pays the preferred stockholder a fixed, agreed-upon dividend at regular intervals. • Anyone can purchase preferred stock and it can often be converted into common stock at a later stage
Prior Preferred, First Claim Preferred, or Senior Preferred Stock • Auction-Rate and Stated Rate Auction Preferred Stocks (STRAPS) • Remarketed Preferred Stock • Fixed Rate Capital Securities (FRCS)
Rights • The payment of dividends and upon liquidation of the company . • The dividend rights are often cumulative, such that if the dividend is not paid it accumulates from year to year. • Preferred stock has a claim on liquidation proceeds of a stock corporation.
Almost all preferred shares have a negotiated fixed dividend amount. • Almost all preferred shares have a negotiated fixed dividend amount. • Some preferred shares have special voting rights to approve certain extraordinary events
Usually preferred shares contain protective provisions which prevent the issuance of new preferred shares with a senior claim. • use preferred shares as means of preventing hostile takeovers,
Characteristics of Preferred Stock • Preference as to the payment of dividends . • Assets - in the even of liquidation. • Convertibility. • Non-voting. • Callable.
Types Preferred Stock • Perpetual Preferred Stock (Perpetuity) • Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock • Cumulative Preferred Stock • Convertible Preferred Stock • Callable Preferred Stock • Preferred Equity Redemption Cumulative Stock (PERCS) • Participating Preferred Stock
The following attributes of preferred stocks should be recognized • A preferred stock may be likened to a bond with an infinite maturity . • Insofar as safety is concerned, all the preferred stocks of a company rank behind all of that company's bonds.
Assuming that the preferred stock is sound, the primary determinant of its price is the level of interest rates • If a preferred stock (or a bond) is callable, it is even less desirable.
How Do I Buy Preferred Stock? • Learn what the differences are between preferred stock and common stock. • Understand the advantages when you buy preferred stock. • Be aware of the disadvantages of preferred stock. • Open a brokerage account. • Research a company thoroughly before you purchase preferred stock
Preferred Stock Valuation • Preferred stock has the following features: • Par Value • Preferred Dividend / Preferred Dividend Rate • preferred dividend rate • annual preferred dividend
Preferred Stock Valuation Example • Find the price of a share of preferred stock given that the par value is $100 per share, the preferred dividend rate is 8%, and the required return is 10%. • Solution:
Risks of investing in preferred stocks • Preferred stocks can default. • Some preferred stocks come with a call or mandatory conversion feature. • In general, preferred stocks have lower liquidity than common stocks. • Preferred stocks are often rated by ratings agencies and may drop in price if their ratings are reduced. • Historically, preferred stocks have generally shown little price appreciation potential.
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