What Is Shares?
In financial markets, a share is a unit of equity ownership in the capital stock of a corporation, and can refer to units of mutual funds, limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts. Share capital refers to all of the shares of an enterprise. The owner of shares in a company is a shareholder (or stockholder) of the corporation. A share is an indivisible unit of capital, expressing the ownership relationship between the company and the shareholder. The denominated value of a share is its face value, and the total of the face value of issued shares represent the capital of a company which may not reflect the market value of those shares.
The income received from the ownership of shares is a dividend. There are different types of shares such as equity shares, preference shares, deferred shares, redeemable shares, bonus shares, right shares, and employee stock option plan shares.
How Does Shares Work?
When you buy a share in a company, you’re effectively becoming a part owner of that company. As a shareholder, with an equity stake in that business, the investment return you earn depends on the success or failure of the company itself.
What Are The 4 Types Of Shares?
- Preference shares – These shareholders get preference in dividends as well as repayments during insolvency.
- Equity shares or ordinary shares – Holders of such shares have voting rights in board meetings, but receive their dividends after preference shareholders.
- Differential Voting Rights (DVR) shares – They have lower voting rights and even lower price than equity shares but give higher dividends
- Treasury shares – These are shares that the company acquired from shareholders
How Many Shares Can A Company Have?
The minimum number of shares that a company can issue is one – this could be the case when there is only one owner of the entire company. However, there is no universal maximum for how many shares a company will issue, so this can vary from company to company.
Why Do Companies Issue Shares?
Companies issue shares to raise money from investors who tend to invest their money. This money is then used by companies for the development and growth of their businesses.
How Can I Buy Shares?
The easiest way to buy stocks is through an online stockbroker. After opening and funding your account, you can buy stocks through the broker’s website in a matter of minutes. Other options include using a full-service stockbroker, or buying stock directly from the company.
What Are The 3 Methods Of Shares?
The following are the methods for valuation of shares:- 1. Net Asset Method (Intrinsic value) 2. Yield Method 3. Earning Capacity.
Do I Get Profit From Shares?
If you hold onto your shares then as long as the company is making money, you’re making money. In essence you’re being paid to own the stock, because when you bought it you paid for a share of the company. That share of the company comes with your own little piece of the profits pie.
Shares Prices In Ghana:
| Company | Sector | Price | 1D | YTD | M.Cap | Date |
| Access Bank Ghana | Financials | 4.00 | – | -0.25% | 0.69 | 21/02 |
| Agricultural Development Bank | Financials | 5.06 | – | – | 1.75 | 21/02 |
| Aluworks | Basic Materials | 0.10 | – | – | 0.02 | 21/02 |
| AngloGold Ashanti | Basic Materials | 37.00 | – | – | 15.44 | 21/02 |
| AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares | Basic Materials | 0.41 | – | – | 0.04 | 21/02 |
| Asante Gold Corporation | Basic Materials | 8.87 | – | – | 3.34 | 21/02 |
| Benso Oil Palm Plantation | Consumer Goods | 9.65 | – | +26.14% | 0.33 | 21/02 |
| CAL Bank | Financials | 0.51 | – | -21.54% | 0.31 | 21/02 |
| Camelot Ghana | Industrials | 0.10 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| Clydestone (Ghana) | Technology | 0.03 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| Cocoa Processing Company | Consumer Goods | 0.02 | – | – | 0.04 | 21/02 |
| Dannex Ayrton Starwin Limited | Health Care | 0.40 | – | – | 0.03 | 21/02 |
| Digicut Production and Advertising | Consumer Services | 0.09 | – | – | 0.01 | 21/02 |
| Ecobank | Financials | 0.15 | – | – | 3.61 | 21/02 |
| Ecobank Ghana | Financials | 6.64 | – | – | 2.14 | 21/02 |
| Enterprise Group | Financials | 3.20 | – | – | 0.54 | 21/02 |
| Fan Milk | Consumer Goods | 2.30 | -8.00% | -23.33% | 0.29 | 21/02 |
| GCB Bank | Financials | 3.15 | – | -20.05% | 0.83 | 21/02 |
| Ghana Oil Company | Oil & Gas | 1.68 | – | -2.33% | 0.65 | 21/02 |
| Guinness Ghana Breweries | Consumer Goods | 1.68 | – | -18.05% | 0.51 | 21/02 |
| Hords | Consumer Goods | 0.10 | – | – | 0.01 | 21/02 |
| Intravenous Infusions | Health Care | 0.04 | – | – | 0.01 | 21/02 |
| Mega African Capital | Financials | 5.38 | – | – | 0.05 | 21/02 |
| Meridian-Marshalls Holdings | Consumer Services | 0.11 | – | – | 0.01 | 21/02 |
| MTN Ghana | Telecom | 0.90 | – | +2.27% | 11.06 | 21/02 |
| PBC | Consumer Goods | 0.02 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| Pesewa One | Financials | 0.68 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| Republic Bank | Financials | 0.54 | – | – | 0.46 | 21/02 |
| Sam Woode | Consumer Services | 0.05 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| Samba Foods | Consumer Goods | 0.55 | – | – | 0 | 21/02 |
| SIC Insurance Company | Financials | 0.31 | – | – | 0.06 | 21/02 |
| Societe Generale Ghana | Financials | 0.90 | – | -10.00% | 0.63 | 21/02 |
| Standard Chartered Bank Ghana | Financials | 19.95 | – | -1.04% | 2.68 | 21/02 |
| Total Petroleum Ghana | Oil & Gas | 4.57 | – | +14.25% | 0.51 | 21/02 |
| Trust Bank (The Gambia) | Financials | 0.80 | – | – | 0.16 | 21/02 |
| Tullow Oil | Oil & Gas | 11.92 | – | – | 17.16 | 21/02 |
| Unilever Ghana | Consumer Goods | 2.26 | – | -41.75% | 0.14 | 21/0 |