The value of any such asset (real estate, stock share, or bond) is the sum of the future stream of cash flow or benefits, discounted by the interest rate.
What they all have in common though is that we as basic investors can go and buy the stock or share on a market.
Under the deal, US Airways stockholders will receive one share of common stock of the combined airline for each share of US Airways common stock.
Shareholders of Wendy's will receive 4.25 shares of Triarc Class A stock for each share of Wendy's stock they own.
Under the plan, the company is issuing one preferred stock purchase right for each share of common stock outstanding.
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MetroPCS is offering 2.75 shares of its stock for each share of Leap.
The company expects to complete its current 300 million share stock repurchase program by mid-year or sooner.
For all of the hype around Apple and its stock, its share price has barely kept pace with its earnings.
Sterling Bancorp stockholders will receive 1.2625 shares of Provident New York Bancorp stock for each share of Sterling that they own.
Prosecutors have said Mr. Gupta improperly told Mr. Rajaratnam that Goldman was losing money in that quarter, allowing him to sell millions of dollars worth of Goldman stock before the share price dropped.
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Liberty Media this morning announced that it has decided to eliminate its tracking stock structure and will convert each share of Liberty Starz common stock into 0.88129 shares of Liberty Capital.
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The founder-entrepreneur purchases his stock for a penny a share and the VC general partner is allocated a percentage of the stock (if the VC firm is profitable) without paying extra for it.
But buying farmland is, obviously, much more difficult than buying a share of stock.
Also, by buying back copious amounts of its stock, per-share earnings rise even more rapidly.
During which it has seen its market share and stock price erode to absurd levels.
These objectives usually include goals for such things as profits, stock price, market share and the success of mergers.
Using it to buy back stock and reduce the share count will increase the earnings per share for those investors who don't sell.
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Likewise, the company reported profits for the quarter of 52 cents a share excluding stock-based compensation expense, above the Street at 46 cents.
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"And now, " he says, "this is your company, " putting his money where his mouth is by handing ten-share Anicom stock certificates to all present.
Other investors predictably piled into the stock, raising the share price markedly but burdening Oshkosh executives with a sizable faction of shareholders bent on realizing substantial near-term gains.
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Profits were a penny a share, below the Street at 6 cents, although the company noted that the latest quarter included five cents a share in stock-based compensation expense.
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But try to price any asset these days--whether a house, a car, a share of stock or a sports team, and you'll find that the recession has negatively impacted its value.
Emerging-markets maestro Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investment Management certainly likes Japan -- the only stock market he and share bear Marc "Dr. Doom" Faber picked as a winner this year.
Over the last decade, the amount of time the average share of stock traded in New York is held by an investor has tumbled from seven years to just seven months.
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On the cost side, active defense services are not inexpensive and may be hard to justify, especially if the actions taken result in criminal investigations, lawsuits, or drops in stock price or market share.
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Traditional all-market-cap-weighted index funds guarantee that you will receive your fair share of stock market returns, and virtually assure that you will outperform, over the long term, 90% or more of the other investors in the marketplace.
Last quarter, RIM updated its guidance for the year and mentioned an expected shortfall in BlackBerry sales along with a lower average selling price for the smartphones (see RIM Guides Lower, Stock Sensitive to Market Share Decline).
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During the 2008 investor conference, sponsored by Sandler O'Neill, Mr. Greifeld crowed to a group that included Mr. Niederauer that Nasdaq's market share in stock trading was climbing, while a key gauge of the NYSE's clout had slipped below 28%.
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There could be a downside of 20% to our price estimate for RIM stock if its market share growth remains pressured in the years ahead and reaches 5% by the end of our forecast period (vs. our base estimate of 7%).
The stock has an Earnings Per Share Rating of 92, outpacing 92% of stocks.
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