equity capital
noun[U]
FINANCEukusthecapitalthat acompanygets fromsellingsharesratherthanborrowingmoney:
Companies in the USenjoygreaterflexibilityinraisingnewequitycapital.
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It is a federal government-owned corporation with its ownequitycapitaland legal identity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 1993 banks that had lostequitycapitalwere able to regain some in markets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the crisis expanded, several large banks lost all theirequitycapitaland caused major market freeze-ups.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Debt capital ranks higher thanequitycapitalfor the repayment of annual returns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 2% difference makes income of $80 and another $100 is made by the return onequitycapital.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company has a net worth of 37,015 million andequitycapitalis 1,137 million.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Equitycapitalare investments made by shareholders, who purchase shares in the company's stock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was previously global head ofequitycapitalmarkets for the firm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By borrowing $4,000 in addition to the $1,000 of his initialequitycapital, the investor can purchase 5 units of investment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Otherwise, few people would purchase primary issues, and, thus, companies and governments would be restricted in raisingequitycapital(money) for their operations.
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