PREFERRED STOCK, usually, non-voting capital stock that pays dividends at a specified rate and has preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and the liquidation of assets. A firm with a distinct sustainable competitive advantage is one that does not have preferred stock.
TRAILING, in time periods, is the most recently completed time period. For example, trailing twelve months would be the twelve-month period which ended on the final day of the last month.
DUPONT ANALYSIS is a method for analyzing Return on Equity (ROE). The formula: ROE = Net Margin x Asset Turnover x Leverage Factor.
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