EQUITY SECURITIES
GROUP 8
SERVICES
NE T WO RK S OLU TI ON
1
A w i d e v a ri ety o f ea si l y sca l a b l y n etwo rk
so l u ti o ns t ha t c an b e ea si l y i nteg ra ted
i n to an y i n f ra stru c tu re.
WI R E LES S TE R R ES T R I AL B R OA DB AND
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En a b l es t he l i g ht ni n g -speed n etwo rk
sp eed to th e c us to mers.
T ELE C OM VA LU E AD D ED S ERV IC E
3
An o ff eri n g of rel ev a nt, custo mi zed , a nd
c on ten t- ba sed s ervi ce ov er SM S, US S D,
a nd WAP.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
01
Types and
Characteristics of
Equity Securities
02
Private versus Public
Equity Securities
0
3
0
4 Equity
05 Securities and
Investing in
Nondomestic Equity
Securities
Risk and Return
Characteristics of
Equity Securities
Company Value
TYPES AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF
EQUITY SECURITIES
Preference Shares
Common Shares
TYPES AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF
EQUITY SECURITIES
Preference Shares
Common Shares
COMMON
SHARES
Common shares are the most common form of equity and
represent an ownership interest in a company
COMMON SHARES
Right to
vote
Statutor
y
Cumulativ
e
Option to
Embed
Callabl
e
Putabl
e
PREFERENCE
SHARES
Preference shares are the company stock that rank above common
shares with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution
of the company’s net assets upon liquidation.
PREFERENCE
SHARES
Preference Shares
(Types)
Right to dividend
Right to profit
Option to convert
Cumulative
Participating
Convertible
Non - cumulative
Non - participating
Cumulative preference shares
Non-cumulative preference shares
TYPES OF
PREFERE
NCE
SHARES
CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE
SHARES
Cumulative preference shares require the companies to pay
cumulative dividends in the coming year when they incur
profit, in case there are any unpaid dividends.
NON - CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE
SHARES
Non-cumulative preference shares are in which the
shareholders do not get accumulated outstanding dividends
for the years when there are insufficient profits.
Participating preference shares
Non-participating preference shares
TYPES OF
PREFERENCE
SHARES
PARTICIPATING PREFERENCE
SHARES
Preference shareholders usually get a fixed rate of dividends.
However, participating preference shares offer additional
benefits.
NON - PARTICIPATING
PREFERENCE SHARES
Shareholders owning these shares do not enjoy the right to
participate in extra profits and only get fixed dividends.
CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE
SHARES
Convertible preference shares are those in which the holder
gets the right to convert them into equity shares after a
specific time mentioned in the memorandum.
Common Shares
Preferred Shares
Ownership
Yes
No
Cash Inflows
Less predictable; Lower
More predictable; Higher
Voting rights
Yes
(Mostly) No
Dividend Payment
Order
After debtholders and preferred
stockholders
After debtholders
Fixed Dividend
No
Yes
Firm’s Obligation to
Pay Dividends
Not Obliged
Obliged
Long - term financial statement
and
Short - term financial planning
PUBLIC EQUITY SECURITIES
Securities that are openly or easily traded in a public market (NYSE,
BSE...).
PRIVATE EQUITY SECURITIES
Securities that usually issued to institutional investors via private
placement.