When someone talks about buying, selling, or owning stock in a company, they’re usually referring to common stock—one or more “shares” that represent fractional ownership of a business.

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. aluxum/Getty Images Common stock shareholders in a publicly-traded company have certain rights pertaining to their equity ...

The value of capital stock is typically a combination of its paid-in capital based on par value and its additional paid-in capital. A company typically sets its common stock’s par value at a ...

Treasury stock refers to shares of a company's own stock that it has repurchased from the open market or from shareholders.