noun
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an owner of corporate capital stock
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a person who keeps livestock
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Origin of stockholder
Explanation
A stockholder is someone who has shares in a company. Stockholders own a piece of that company. If you’re a stockholder in the latest, greatest, financially sound new start-up company, your stock is probably worth a lot of money! Stockholders are people who hold stocks — in other words, own shares — in a corporation. When you buy stocks, it's like buying part of the company. The more shares you buy, the more invested you are in a company. The value of the stock goes up when the company does well and goes down when the company does poorly, so stockholders want the company to succeed. If you want to become a stockholder, start following the stock market.
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - High School
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It issued shares, held stockholder meetings and was run by directors and shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Today's stockholder approval is another key milestone toward completing this historic transaction that will deliver exceptional value to our stockholders," WBD chief executive David Zaslav said in a release.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Some proposals raise issues that should be addressed, but those problems should be handled in legislatures, not stockholder meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Netflix said the change “simplifies the transaction structure, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
“I’ll get a job as a runner at the Exchange, then a clerk. I’ll become a stockholder and then a proper merchant, and then I’ll make my fortune.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
On a per-share basis, earnings attributable to common stockholders rose to 45 cents a share from 41 cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
EA stockholders will receive $210 in cash for each share of stock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some 45 original stockholders invested alongside Hawk, a sewing machine salesman.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
In a corporate bankruptcy, bondholders get paid before stockholders.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Bear Stearns bondholders were made whole and its stockholders lost most of their money.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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