2007-09-02 08:15:38 · 3 answers · asked by nothing 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
A stock is a percentage of the company. If a company, for example, has 1,000,000 million shares of stock outstanding, and you have 10,000 shares of the stock, you would own 1% of the company (10000/1000000).
2007-09-02 08:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about stocks, like on the stock market?
That would be shares in publicly held companies (as opposed to privately owned companies). for instance, Johnson & Johnson is a publicly held company. I can buy part of that company by buying Johnson & Johnson stock. And then each quarter, the profit and losses are added up, and since they always seem to have a profit, they pay me a dividend as my share of the profits for my ownership.
I hope that helps.
2007-09-02 15:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by smileymduke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ownership share or ownership shares in a corporation
2007-09-02 15:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by Denice T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋