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Cumulative preferred stockPreferred stock whose dividends accrue, should the issuer not make timely dividend payments. Related: Non-cumulative preferred stock.Cumulative preferred stockPreferred stock with dividend payment priority following a missed dividend payment. This amount accumulates with subsequent dividends and when next a dividend is declared no payments can be made to common stockholders until cumulative preferred stockholders have been paid in full.Similar MatchesCumulative abnormal return (CAR)Cumulative abnormal return (CAR)Sum of the differences between the expected return on a stock (systematic risk multiplied by the realized market return) and the actual return often used to evaluate the impact of news on a stock price. Cumulative preference sharesCumulative preference sharesWhen a company fails to pay a dividend, holders of cumulative preference shares are entitled to receive this missed payment when a dividend is next declared. This rule is cumulative and they are also entitled to the current dividend provided sufficient cash is available. These payments receive priority over the claims of ordinary shareholders. Cumulative probability distributionCumulative probability distributionA function that shows the probability that the random variable will attain a value less than or equal to each value that the random variable can take on. NoncumulativeNoncumulativeApplies mainly to convertible securities. Type of preferred stock on which unpaid or omitted dividends do not accrue. Omitted dividends are, as a rule, gone forever. Cumulative total returnCumulative total returnThe actual performance of a fund over a particular period. Further SuggestionsCumulative dividend featureCumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account |
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