Lisa owns stock in company abc. company abc sent out an earnings report and gave each of the stockholders an amount of money based on how much stock they owned. this is a _____.
Large companies and corporations usually have this kind of method. Company abc gave a common stock(also known as common stock) to each and every stockholder in the company. It represents ownership in a corporation. Stock holders are also given the right to vote and chose among themselves the board of directors.