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Share vs. Stock

The main difference between Share and Stock is that Shares mean ownership in a particular company, and Stock means ownership in any company, in general

Key Differences

The share is forever originally issued, whereas the original issue of Stock is not possible.
Harlon Moss
Jun 19, 2019
Shares can never be transferred in the fraction. Conversely to stock, can be transferred in the fraction.
Shares can be partly paid or fully paid. On the contrary, Stock is always fully paid.
Samantha Walker
Jun 19, 2019
A share is that least part of the share capital of the company which highlights the ownership of the shareholder. On the other side, the bundle of shares of a member of a company collectively known as stock.
A share has a distinct number known as a distinctive number which distinguishes it from other shares, but the stock does not have such number.
Shares have a formal value, but the stock does not have any formal value.
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Comparison Chart

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The capital of a company divided into small units, which are commonly known as shares.
The conversion of the fully paid-up shares of a member into a single fund is known as stock.

Payable Value

Shares can be partially or fully payable.
Stock can only be entirely payable.

Fractional Transfer

Not possible.
Possible

Denomination

Two diverse stocks of a company may or may not be having equal value.
Two diverse shares of a company have equal or some value.
Samantha Walker
Jun 19, 2019

Definite Number

A share has a certain number known as a distinctive number.
Stock does not have such a number.
Samantha Walker
Jun 19, 2019

Nominal Value

Though, in stocks, there is no nominal value associated.
There is some formal or nominal value associated with the share.
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Possibility of Original Issue

No
Yes
Janet White
Jun 19, 2019

How Much It is Preferred?

The priority is higher in terms of transfer as they can be infractions.
The priority is lower in terms of transfer as they can’t be infractions.
Aimie Carlson
Jun 19, 2019

Share and Stock Definitions

Share

A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group
The pirates argued over their shares of the treasure.

Stock

A supply accumulated for future use; a store.

Share

An equitable portion
Do one's share of the work.

Stock

The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
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Share

One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided
Bought 200 shares of the company's stock.

Stock

All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.

Share

A unit of ownership in a mutual fund or other investment vehicle
Bought two shares in a mutual fund.

Stock

All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.

Share

Shares Chiefly British Stocks
European shares jumped two percent. The fund invests half the money in bonds and half in shares.

Stock

A population of wild animals, especially of a species that is also farmed
Interactions between hatchery fish and wild stocks.

Share

A plowshare.

Stock

A kind of financial security granting rights of ownership in a corporation, such as a claim to a portion of the assets and earnings of the corporation and the right to vote for the board of directors. Stock is issued and traded in units called shares.

Share

To accord a share in (something) to another or others
Shared her chocolate bar with a friend.

Stock

The stock issued by a particular company
A mutual fund that invests in technology stocks.

Share

To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion
Shared the estate among his heirs.

Stock

Chiefly British The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.

Share

To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns
Share a responsibility.
Share a room.

Stock

Chiefly British A bond, especially a government bond.

Share

To hold or have jointly with another or others
She shares my view about the election.

Stock

The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.

Share

To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.

Stock

A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.

Share

(Computers) To make (a digital file) accessible to other users on a network, as for copying and downloading.

Stock

A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.

Share

To have a share or part
Shared in the profits.

Stock

The original progenitor of a family line.

Share

To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses
Being in daycare taught the child to share.

Stock

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character
Comes from farming stock.

Share

To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns
There is only one computer, so we will have to share.

Stock

Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.

Share

To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.

Stock

The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.

Share

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.
The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.

Stock

A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.

Share

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

Stock

An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.

Share

(computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.

Stock

A group of related languages.

Share

(social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

Stock

A group of related families of languages.

Share

(anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.

Stock

The raw material out of which something is made.

Share

(agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

Stock

Paper used for printing.

Share

To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

Stock

The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.

Share

To have or use in common.
To share a shelter with another
They share a language.

Stock

A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.

Share

To divide and distribute.

Stock

Stocks(Nautical) The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.

Share

To tell to another.
He shared his story with the press.

Stock

Often stocks A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment.

Share

To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network

Stock

Stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.

Share

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

Stock

(Nautical) A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.

Share

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

Stock

The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.

Share

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

Stock

The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.

Share

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

Stock

The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.

Share

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

Stock

A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.

Share

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

Stock

The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.

Share

The pubes; the sharebone.

Stock

A theatrical stock company.

Share

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.

Stock

The repertoire of such a company.

Share

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
While avarice and rapine share the land.

Stock

A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center
A small role in summer stock.

Share

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
The shared visage hangs on equal sides.

Stock

(Botany) Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, fragrant, variously colored flowers.

Share

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father.

Stock

(Games) The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.

Share

Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate;
He bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price

Stock

(Geology) A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.

Share

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
He wanted his share in cash

Stock

(Zoology) A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.

Share

The result of parcelling out or sharing;
Death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans

Stock

Personal reputation or status
A teacher whose stock with the students is rising.

Share

Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;
I am proud of my contribution to the team's success
They all did their share of the work

Stock

Confidence or credence
I put no stock in that statement.

Share

A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Stock

A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.

Share

Have in common;
Our children share a love of music
The two countries share a long border

Stock

A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.

Share

Use jointly or in common

Stock

Rolling stock.

Share

Have, give, or receive a share of;
We shared the cake

Stock

To supply (a shop) with merchandise.

Share

Give out as one's portion or share

Stock

To supply (a farm) with livestock.

Share

Communicate;
I'd like to share this idea with you

Stock

To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.

Stock

To keep for future sale or use.

Stock

To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.

Stock

(Obsolete) To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.

Stock

To gather and lay in a supply of something
Stock up on canned goods.

Stock

To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.

Stock

Kept regularly in stock
A stock item.

Stock

Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine
A stock answer.

Stock

Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise
A stock clerk.

Stock

Of or relating to the raising of livestock
Stock farming.

Stock

Used for breeding
A stock mare.

Stock

Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.

Stock

Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.

Stock

A store or supply.

Stock

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.

Stock

A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

Stock

Railroad rolling stock.

Stock

A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.

Stock

Farm or ranch animals; livestock.

Stock

The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.

Stock

(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

Stock

The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.

Stock

A share in a company.

Stock

(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.

Stock

Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.

Stock

The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.

Stock

Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.

Stock

The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.

Stock

Ellipsis of film stock

Stock

Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.

Stock

Stock theater, summer stock theater.

Stock

The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.

Stock

(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.

Stock

(by extension) Lineage, family, ancestry.

Stock

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

Stock

A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.

Stock

(firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.

Stock

The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.

Stock

Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.

Stock

The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.

Stock

The tailstock of a lathe.

Stock

A bar, stick or rod.

Stock

A ski pole.

Stock

(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.

Stock

(nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.

Stock

(geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)

Stock

A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.

Stock

A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.

Stock

A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.

Stock

A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle

Stock

(folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.

Stock

(obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.

Stock

A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

Stock

A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

Stock

The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.

Stock

The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.

Stock

Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

Stock

(biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

Stock

The beater of a fulling mill.

Stock

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Stock

To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

Stock

To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stock a warehouse with goods
To stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass

Stock

To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

Stock

To put in the stocks as punishment.

Stock

(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

Stock

To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

Stock

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Stock items
Stock sizes

Stock

Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

Stock

Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.

Stock

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Stock

The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.

Stock

A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.

Stock

Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.

Stock

The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.

Stock

The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.

Stock

The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
And stand betwixt them made, when, severally,All told their stock.
Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stockFrom Dardanus.

Stock

The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

Stock

Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; - so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.

Stock

The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.

Stock

Same as Stock account, below.

Stock

The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

Stock

Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
Add to that stock which justly we bestow.

Stock

The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.

Stock

Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; - called also live stock.

Stock

A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.

Stock

That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.

Stock

The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.

Stock

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Stock

A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
With a linen stock on one leg.

Stock

A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.

Stock

A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
He shall rest in my stocks.

Stock

The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

Stock

Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

Stock

Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).

Stock

An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.

Stock

A race or variety in a species.

Stock

In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpæ, etc.

Stock

The beater of a fulling mill.

Stock

A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; - used in making soup, gravy, etc.

Stock

Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.

Stock

A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.

Stock

To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.

Stock

To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.

Stock

To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.

Stock

To put in the stocks.

Stock

Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon.

Stock

The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity);
He owns a controlling share of the company's stock

Stock

Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;
She made gravy with a base of beef stock

Stock

The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware

Stock

A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Stock

Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit

Stock

The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors

Stock

The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun;
The rifle had been fitted with a special stock

Stock

The reputation and popularity a person has;
His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor

Stock

A special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
He experimented on a particular breed of white rats
He created a new strain of sheep

Stock

Lumber used in the construction of something;
They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter

Stock

A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
The value of his stocks doubled during the past year

Stock

Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

Stock

A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

Stock

Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Stock

The handle end of some implements or tools;
He grabbed the cue by the stock

Stock

Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

Stock

An ornamental white cravat

Stock

Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?

Stock

Equip with a stock;
Stock a rifle

Stock

Supply with fish;
Stock a lake

Stock

Supply with livestock;
Stock a farm

Stock

Stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low

Stock

Provide or furnish with a stock of something;
Stock the larder with meat

Stock

Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
The plant sprouted early this year

Stock

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Stock

Routine;
A stock answer

Stock

Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item

Share vs. Stock

Shares are the compact or smallest unit by which the ownership of any company or anybody ascertained, whereas stocks are the collection of shares of multiple companies or are a collection of shares of a single company. Shares are associated with something bigger, i.e., the stocks. And the stock is a collection of something or a collection of shares. Stock is a simple collection of shares in a company while shares represent the proportion of ownership in the company. Share is a micro concept, and stock is a macro concept. When we say share, we mean a particular company. But when we say stock, we cannot specify a particular investment.

What is Share?

Shares are parts or units of ownership interest in a company or financial asset that provide for an equal distribution in any profits, if any are declared, in the form of dividends. The two basic types of shares are ordinary or common shares and preferred shares. Tangible paper stock certificates have been replaced with a computer-based recording of stock shares, just as mutual fund shares recorded electronically. When establishing a company, owners may choose to issue ordinary stock or preferred stock. Most companies issue common stock. The stock may benefit shareholders with appreciation and dividends, making common stock riskier than preferred stock. The common stock also comes with voting rights, giving shareholders more control over the business. Also, certain common stock comes with pre-emptive rights, ensuring that shareholders may buy new shares and retain their percentage of ownership when the corporation issues new stock, in contrast, the preferred stock typically does not give appreciation in value or voting rights in the corporation. However, the stock normally has set payment criteria; a dividend that is paid out regularly, making the stock less risky than common stock. Also, the preferred stock often redeemed at a more effective price than common stock. Because preferred stock requires priority over common stock, if the business files for bankruptcy and pays its lenders, preferred shareholders receive payment before common shareholders. Authorized shares include the number of shares a company’s board of directors may issue. Issued shares include the number of shares that are given to shareholders and counted for purposes of ownership.

What is Stock?

A stock is a kind of security that implies proportionate ownership in the issuing corporation. This being the stockholder to that proportion of the company’s assets and earnings. Stocks are bought and sold prevalently on stock exchanges. However, there can be private sales as well and are the basis of nearly every portfolio. These transactions have to comply with government regulations which are meant to protect investors from fraudulent practices. Historically, they have exceeded most other investments over the long run. These investments purchased from most online stock brokers. Corporations release (sell) stock to raise funds to operate their businesses. The proprietor of stock (a shareholder) has now purchased a piece of the company and has a claim to a part of its assets and income or profit. That is to say; a shareholder is now an owner of the issuing company. Ownership determined by the number of shares a person owns relative to the number of outstanding shares.

There are two basic types of stock: common and preferred. Common stock usually allows the owner to vote at shareholders’ meetings and to receive dividends. Preferred stockholders normally do not have voting rights, though they have a higher claim on assets and earnings than the common stockholders. For example, holders of preferred stock receive dividends before common shareholders and have priority if a company goes bankrupt and liquidated. Companies can issue new shares when there is a need to raise additional cash.

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