Wize University Introduction to Financial Accounting Textbook > Shareholders' Equity
The Benefits of Share Ownership
Popular Courses
COMM 217
Concordia University
ACCT 2301
The University of Texas at Dallas
Intro to Financial Accounting
General Course
COMM 293
University of British Columbia
Intro to Financial Accounting
University Study Guides
MGCR 211
McGill University
ACCT 1220
University of Guelph
Intro to Financial Accounting
University Study Guides
ADMS 2500
York University
ACCTG 211
University of Alberta
COMMERCE 1AA3
McMaster University
COMM 111
Queen's University
ADM 1340
University of Ottawa
BU127
Wilfrid Laurier University
COMM 1101
Dalhousie University
ACCT 2301
Houston
ACCT 2301
Houston
AFM 101
University of Waterloo
BUS 251
Simon Fraser University
AFA 100
Toronto Metropolitan University
0:00 / 0:00
Benefits of Share Ownership
Investors who choose to purchase stock in a company do it in order to benefit from the success of that business.
Benefits
- Growth: the increase in the market value of the stocks represents a profit for investors.
- Dividends: the distributions of profits from the company to its shareholders.
- Limited liability: benefiting from the success of the business without taking on all the risk related to the operations.