stockholders' equity

noun

1. the net assets of a corporation as owned by stockholders in capital stock, capital surplus, and undistributed earnings.

Example Sentences

At the end of last year, SAExploration, whose recent investors include hedge funds, had $3.6 million in cash, $121.9 million of debt and total stockholders’ equity of negative $0.2 million, Brian Beatty, chief operating officer, said in a March 16 conference call.

From Washington Post

Australia’s four biggest banks are more profitable than those in the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan, measured by return on stockholders’ equity, according to a study last year by Australia’s central bank.

From New York Times

Crumbs said the Nasdaq had based its decision to delist the company on its failure to comply with a minimum stockholders equity requirement of at least $2.5 million.

From New York Times

In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Crumbs said the Nasdaq had based its decision to delist the company on its failure to comply with a minimum stockholders equity requirement of at least $2.5 million.

From New York Times

Jefferies’ balance sheet is a source of strength as its leverage ratio, a measure of total assets divided by stockholders’ equity, is similar to what it was in 2008 when the company weathered the financial crisis without taking a government bailout, Handler said.

From BusinessWeek