A balance sheet is one of the three major financial statements companies issue, and it gives a snapshot of assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Information about a company's common stock is ...

Capital stock is the number of common and preferred shares that a company is authorized to issue, and is recorded in shareholders' equity.

While most dividends are paid in cash, some companies choose to pay dividends in stock. This situation can arise when a company has a legal obligation to pay a dividend, but does not have enough ...

Balance sheets are one of three important financial statements all investors should understand. By understanding how to read a balance sheet, you can get valuable insight into a company's financial ...

When you want to know a company’s financial health, it helps to look at its balance sheet. But if you’ve never seen a balance sheet before or don’t know how to read one, all you’ll see is a collection ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

Julia is a writer in New York and started covering tech and business during the pandemic. She also covers books and the publishing industry. With over a decade of editorial experience, Rob Watts ...