Definition

1. Noun:
   • An owner of corporate shares: A stockholder is a person, company, or institution that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation. This ownership typically grants them certain rights, such as voting on corporate matters and receiving a portion of the company's profits as dividends.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The annual meeting allows every stockholder to vote on the new board members.
  • As a major stockholder, her opinion carries significant weight in company decisions.
  • Small stockholders often receive their dividends by direct deposit.

Advanced Usage

• "Majority stockholder": A person or entity that owns more than 50% of a company's outstanding shares, giving them controlling interest.

  • The founder remained the majority stockholder even after the company went public.

• "Minority stockholder": A shareholder who owns less than 50% of a company's total shares.

  • The new policy was designed to protect the rights of minority stockholders.

• "Stockholder of record": A shareholder whose name is registered on the books of the issuing corporation.

  • Only stockholders of record as of last Friday are eligible for the upcoming dividend.

Variants and Related Words

• Shareholder (n): A synonym for stockholder; an owner of shares in a corporation.

  • The terms 'stockholder' and 'shareholder' are often used interchangeably.

• Stockholding (n): The shares owned, or the act of holding stock.

  • Her stockholding in the tech sector is quite substantial.

Synonyms

• Shareholder: An owner of shares in a company.
• Investor: A general term for someone who allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return; a stockholder is a specific type of investor.

Related Phrases

• "Stockholder equity": The portion of a company's assets that stockholders own outright, calculated as total assets minus total liabilities.

  • The balance sheet shows a steady increase in stockholder equity over the past year.

• "Stockholder derivative action": A lawsuit brought by a shareholder on behalf of a corporation against a third party, often the company's directors.

  • The stockholders filed a derivative action against the executives for breach of fiduciary duty.

Related Idioms

• "To have skin in the game": To be personally invested in the success of an endeavor; this idiom applies to stockholders as they have financial capital at risk.
  • As a stockholder, he truly has skin in the game and wants the company to succeed.

Noun

1. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation