Chapter 9 Stocks and Their Valuation
Chapter 9 Stocks and Their Valuation
Chapter 9 Stocks and Their Valuation
CHAPTER 9
Legal Rights and Privileges of Common Stockholders
Proxy: A document giving one person the authority to act for another, typically the power to
vote shares of common stock.
Proxy fight: An attempt by a person or group to gain control of a firm by getting its stockholders
to grant that person or group the authority to vote its shares to replace the current
management.
Takeover: An action whereby a person or group succeeds in ousting a firm's management and
taking control of the company.
Preemptive right: A provision in the corporate charter that gives common stockholders the right
to purchase on a pro rata basis new issues of common stock.
Types of Common Stock
Classified stock: Common stock that is given a special designation such as class A or class B to
meet the special needs of the company.
Founders’ shares: stock owned by the firms' founders that enables them to maintain control
over the company without having to own majority of the stock.
Stock Price versus Intrinsic Value
Approaches to value common stock
Dividend growth model
◦ Constant growth model
◦ Non constant growth model