The market for trading equity instruments, also referred to as the Stock Market
Equity instruments
A type of financial instrument wherein the issuer agrees to pay an amount to the investor in the future based on the future earnings of the company, if any. The most common example is shares.
Shares (or Stocks)
Represent ownership in a company. An individual or party who owns a share is called a shareholder or stockholder. The legal document that certifies ownership is the stock certificate.
Ways investors may earn from equity instruments
Capital appreciation - rise in the value of an asset in relation to the increase in its market price
Dividends - payments made by corporation to shareholders representing excess earnings of the company
Types of Shares
Preference shares
Ordinary shares
Preference shares
Par value preference share - annual dividend is expressed as % of the face value
No-par preference share - annual dividend is usually stated in peso amount per share
Ordinary shares
Represents ownership of the company and most directly participate in the profits and equity of the business
Types of ordinary shares
Privately owned
Closely owned
Publicly owned or publicly traded
Widely owned
Supervoting shares
Nonvoting shares
Types of Stock Market
Physical - the physical site where shares are purchased and sold face to face on trading is called a stockexchange
Virtual - electronic trading of stock
Why is stock valuation important?
If you own a share of stock, you can receive cash in two ways: Dividends - cash income, Selling - capital gains/loss
Share valuation models/techniques
One-period or Multiple period Valuation model
Dividend-basedvaluationtechnique
One-periodorMultipleperiodValuationmodel
Used when the investor has no plan to take over control in the firm, instead the investors look at share purchases to receive a greater return and intends to sell theshareafter a fixed number ofyears
Dividend-based valuation technique
Used when the investor intends to hold the shares long-term and has no plans on selling in thenearfuture. The most relevant input is the future dividends.