How to Use stockholder in a Sentence

stockholder

noun
  • Cash that once went to stockholders will go to pay down debt.
    Liz Hoffman, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
  • But that doesn’t mean the deal would be a failure (except, maybe, for the stockholders).
    Joel Naroff, Philly.com, 30 June 2017
  • The hold-up came down to a single stockholder, the company has said.
    Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The names of the stockholders are not listed in the application.
    Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 2 May 2017
  • Under the terms of the deal, Vintage will pay Rent-A-Center stockholders $15 per share.
    Ben Tobin, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
  • But here’s the big difference — like AT&T, when Xcel takes a hit, their stockholders lose.
    Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, 21 June 2019
  • And their lawyers could try to influence other stockholders to do the same, the Times noted.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But the move also lowers the value of each stockholder's share.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 29 July 2019
  • But if either of those things falter in 2020, stockholders might not be so thrilled.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The downsizing is largely due to a decrease in the number of shares sold by stockholders.
    Erin Griffith, Fortune, 23 June 2017
  • When the bottom line is the stockholder and not the patient, there is a moral hazard that cannot be resolved, even with the best of intentions.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2017
  • These three will be paid a salary, and one or all can be replaced at any time by a majority vote of the stockholder fans.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The new shareholder payout will be made on or after May 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 24.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The new shareholder payout will be made on or after May 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 21.
    Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Will the government find a new tax to punish stockholders?
    Washington Post, 6 July 2019
  • But those changes did not benefit all of Airbnb’s stockholders.
    Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Short sellers borrow a company’s shares from a stockholder and then sell them in the market.
    Mark Davis, kansascity, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Twitter is ready to schedule a stockholder vote on the Musk purchase as early as mid-August, the lawsuit said.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • It’s been a bad couple of days for Tesla, but there’s no reason for the company or its stockholders to panic yet.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
  • With support from a group of current PG&E stockholders, the company is working on its own plan.
    J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 24 July 2019
  • In rare circumstances, a defendant can prove that a stockholder brought the suit as a proxy for legal counsel.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
  • Becker and Fagen were the last two remaining owners, which would then in turn make Fagen the last stockholder.
    Tom Breihan, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2017
  • The deal would include $4.5 billion to buy out non-voting B-class stockholders at $15 a share during a second phase of the transaction.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • Still, if either the bondholders or the current stockholders prevail in their fight for control, the winning side could make a lot of money.
    J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 23 July 2019
  • But the lawsuit filed on behalf of Adidas stockholders alleges that the company had for years been aware of the potential harm Ye could cause them.
    Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
  • Even a question from a stockholder asking what will happen to his shares if someone buys Twitter and takes it private was shot down.
    CBS News, 26 May 2022
  • Credit unions, on the other hand, don’t have stockholders and are considered non-profits.
    Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • In the same way, Chipotle’s current stockholders will receive a higher number of shares at lower prices.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 26 June 2024
  • Accordingly, the stockholders of competing oil companies turned their shares over to a board of trustees.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • The latest: The Relief Mine had 7,500 stockholders as of Friday, according to the company's website.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024

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