preferred stock

NOUN

stock which takes dividend before others

Synonyms

WEAK

convertible preferred stock cumulative convertible preferred stock cumulative preferred stock participating preferred stock preference stock

Example Sentences

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Earlier this month, Strategy sold a portion of its bitcoin holdings to cover dividends obligations for its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

The company said among the reasons to sell bitcoin would be to fund its U.S. dollar reserves, which it introduced in December, and to fund preferred stock dividends and interest expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Strategy has been pressured since its biggest dividend-paying preferred stock, Stretch, began sliding below its par value of $100 and plunged to a record low.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Strategy’s view is that Bitcoin will appreciate at a faster rate than the dividend cost of the preferred stock.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Treasury didn’t ask for a piece of the action, or management changes, or for that matter anything at all except for a teaspoon of out-of-the-money warrants and preferred stock.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis