what is the difference between common stock and preferred stock? and financial statement?
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What is the difference between common stock and preferred stock? Financial statement M. Awais Sandhu University of agriculture Fsd MBA 3.5y 03007271202TRANSCRIPT
In The Name of Allah The Most Beneficent The Most Merciful.
PRESENTED TO:
Farooq Ahmad
Institute of Business Management & Sciences
University of Agriculture Faisalabad.
PRESENTED BY:
M. Awais TariqRegistration # 2013-ag-1062 MBA Section DInstitute of Business Management &
SciencesUniversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Common Stock & Preferred Stock
Financial Statement
COMMON STOCK“Common stock possesses the traditional
right of ownership voting right, participation in dividends, and a residual claim to assets in the event of liquidation.”
PREFERRED STOCK“Preferred stock generally has a dividend
that must be paid out before dividends to common stockholders and the shares usually do not have voting rights is called preferred stock”.
DIFFERENCE
Function Voting right Redemption Kind Face value Convertibility Cumulative dividend rights Dividend
FUNCTIONS Preferred stock is designed to function
primarily as a fixed-income security. Whereas common stock is usually
considered to be a vehicle for long-term growth that often does not deliver a regular income stream.
VOTING'S RIGHT Common stock holders have a right of
voting on corporate policy. Due to their preferential treatment they
do not have the voting rights that come with common stock.
DIVIDEND Common stockholder usually receive
their dividend after preferred shareholder.
Preferred shareholders also usually receive their dividends before anything is paid to common shareholders.
CUMULATIVE DIVIDEND RIGHTS Common stock do not have cumulated
dividend rights The dividend preference carried by most
preferred stocks is a cumulative one.
CONVERTIBILITY Common stock is not convertible into
debentures. The preferred stock may be convertible
into share
FACE VALUE The face value of common stock shares
is usually low than preferred share. The face value of preferred share is
usually higher.
KIND The share has one type equity shares
now. The preferred share have two are three
types.
REDEMPTION The common share not redeemable
during the lifetime. The preferred share is redeemable
stockholder demand.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The principal means of reporting general purpose financial information to person outside a business organization is a set of accounting reports called financial statement. The person receiving these reports is termed the user of the financial statement.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTA set of financial statement consist of four
related accounting reports that summarize in a few pages the financial recourse, obligations, profitability and cash transactions of a business
1. Balance Sheet2. Income Statement3. Statement of Owner’s Equity4. Cash Flow Statement
BALANCE SHEET A balance sheet showing at a specific
date the financial position of the company by indicating the resource that it owns, the debt that it owes and the amount of the owner’s equity or investment in the business.
INCOME STATEMENT An income statement indicating the
profitability of the business over the preceding year or the time period.
STATEMENT OF OWNER’S EQUITY It’s explaining certain change in the
amount of the owner’s equity in the business. In business which is organized as corporation the statement of owner’s equity is replaced by the statement of retained earnings.
CASH FLOW STATEMENT A statement of cash flow summarizing
the cash receipts and cash payment of business over the same time period covered by the income statement.
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