Cumulative preferred stock,

Definition of Cumulative preferred stock:

1. Cumulative preferred stock is one type of preferred stock; a preferred stock typically has a fixed dividend yield based on the par value of the stock. This dividend is paid out at set intervals, usually quarterly, to preferred holders. Preferred stocks are valued similarly to bonds. Bond proceeds are considered to be a liability, while preferred stock proceeds are counted as an asset. Also, bondholders have a priority claim on company assets.

2. A preferred stock whose annual fixed-rate dividend, if it cannot be paid in any year, accrues until it can and is paid before common dividends.

3. Cumulative preferred stock is a type of preferred stock with a provision that stipulates that if any dividend payments have been missed in the past, the dividends owed must be paid out to cumulative preferred shareholders first. This is before other classes of preferred stock shareholders and common shareholders can receive dividend payments. Cumulative preferred stock is also called cumulative preferred shares.

4. Type of preferred stock in which the unpaid dividend accumulates. Called cumulative preference shares.

How to use Cumulative preferred stock in a sentence?

1. Shares could also be issued, for example cumulative preference shares with a dividend calculated to reflect the amount of interest and principal received.