what is the difference between a share and stock?

Answer 1

A stock is a form of investing in a company.

A share is a unit of stock holding.

You would own 100 shares of stock in a company.

Answer 2

Stock is divided into shares.

Let's say a company has 400 shares of stock. The company would only offer 199 share for sale. The company would want to retain the majority of ownership.

Profits that were not invested back into the company would be divided into 400 parts, with each share of stock receiving the same amount. That is eartnings per share.

A person can own anywhere from 1 share to all 199 shares issued. Sometimes the company would buy back their stock to try and raise the stock's price. That way they could re-issue the stock for more money.

If the stock has reached a high price and is no longer trading in high volume, the company would split the stock. The owners would receive an additional share or shares, depending on the split rate. The stock price would then fall and be available to more investors.

Answer 3

a share is the unit of stock ownership
a person might own 100 shares of stock in a company.
shares are priced individually and are most often sold through members of the stock market.
share/stock ownership is actual ownership of part of a company. owning some gives you the right to vote at a annual shareholders meeting and in theory to vote out the board of directors and put in a new one.
shareholders are usually paid a dividend by the company which is a share of the profits. Some companies pay very low or no dividends and put the money into growth; others pay constant regular dividends.
a person might buy shares in a company because they believe it will be a success and grow or because they want the income from dividends.
another person might buy shares because they believe the stock is going to go up in price for reasons ranging from all the stock is valued less than the property of the company to the price has been going up and down in a W graph and thus has to keep going up (and other odd theories) - playing the market, not owning the company.
If a company goes down the tubes, the money from sale of the property may be paid to the shareholders if any is left, but since the company is incorporated, the shareholders are not liable for debts of the company.

Answer 4

it is not the same thing- a share is a piece of a company whereas a stock is the company you are buying. The price for a share of the company times the number of shares equals the company's market capitalization. Although the terms are roughly equivalent- buying stock in a company can involve one share or most likely many shares. Shares are individual units whereas stock refers to the grand total of shares that you hold.

Answer 5

They are basically the same thing. A company sells stock in their company. How many shares you have is your investment in the company. And how many shares of stock you own.

Answer 6

share and stock are not the two different things . In share market all equities are called as shares or stocks.
Also share market is also called as stock market. It itself tells you the answer to your question

Answer 7

Basically both are used interchangeably. But a stock is an investment option in which you buy some shares.

Answer 8

a share is a unit of ownership of a stock or mutual fund.
a stock is the same as a share.

Answer 9

same difference
you own shares of a stock

Answer 10

They are the same thing, it depends on where in the world you're doing business.
The words stocks, shares, and equities can be used interchangeably when referring to proportionate ownership rights of companies traded on stock exchanges.