Capital Gain
What is a Capital Gain? A capital gain is an increase in the value of an asset or investment resulting from the price appreciation of the asset or investment. In other words, the gain occurs when the current or sale price of an asset or investment exceeds its purchase price. Capital gains are attributable to...
Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio
What is the Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio? The price-to-cash flow (also denoted as price/cash flow or P/CF) ratio is a financial multiple that compares a company’s market value to its operating cash flow (or the company’s stock price per share to its operating cash flow per share). Essentially, the price-to-cash flow ratio measures the current price...
Company Bylaws
What are Company Bylaws? Company bylaws are the rules that govern how a company is run and one of the first items to be established by the board of directors at the time a company is started. Such bylaws are created usually after the Articles of Incorporation are submitted, which is why a lot of...
Stock Split
What is a Stock Split? Publicly-traded companies all have a given number of outstanding shares of stock in their company that have been purchased by and issued to investors. A stock split is a decision by the company to increase the number of outstanding shares by a specificied multiple. More About Stock Splits When a company...
Shareholder
What is a Shareholder? A shareholder can be a person, company, or organization that holds stock(s) in a given company. A shareholder must own a minimum of one share in a company’s stock or mutual fund to make them a partial owner. Shareholders typically receive declared dividends if the company does well and succeeds. Also...
