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Preferred dividend coverageNet income after interest and taxes (before common stock dividends) divided by preferred stock dividends.Preferred dividend coverage Similar MatchesDepository preferredDepository preferredDevice enabling an issuer to circumvent an arbitrary corporate limit on the number of preferred shares issuable. Applies mainly to convertible securities. First preferred stockFirst preferred stockA type of preferred stock that has priority over other preferred issues and common stock when claiming dividends and assets. Floating rate preferredFloating rate preferredPreferred stock paying dividends that vary with short-term interest rates. Preferred habitat theoryPreferred habitat theoryA biased expectations theory that believes the term structure reflects the expectation of the future path of interest rates as well as risk premium. The theory rejects the assertion that the risk premium must rise uniformly with maturity, but instead profits that to the extent that the demand for and supply of funds do not match for a given maturity range, some participants will shift to maturities showing the opposite imbalances, as long as they are compensated by an appropriate risk premium whose magnitude will reflect the extent of aversion to either price or reinvestment risk. Prior preferred stockPrior preferred stockPreferred stock that has a higher claim on all dividends and assets in liquidation than claims of other preferred stock. Further SuggestionsMonthly income preferred security (MIP)Preferred stock cumulative preferred stock Second preferred stock Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS) Convertible preferred stock preferred stock participating preferred stock Preferred stock ratio Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS) Participating preferred stock Cumulative preferred stock adjustable rate preferred stock Dutch Auction Preferred Stock Preferred equity redemption stock (PERC) Preferred stock agreement Adjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS) Blank Check Preferred Stock |
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