Private equity

Private equity

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Private equity

fully diluted earnings per share

Financial services; Private equity

Common stock earnings per share calculated as if all warrants and stock options were exercised and all convertible bonds and preferred stock (and certain convertible debt) were converted. Fully ...

full list

Financial services; Private equity

See ‘Official List’.

freezeout

Financial services; Private equity

A process whereby a controlling stockholder of a company prevents dividends or other benefits from flowing to minority stockholders, usually as a prelude to buying out their stock at a low price.

free float

Financial services; Private equity

See ‘Float’.

forward pricing

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The SEC requirement that open-end investment companies (popularly called mutual funds) set their share price based on net asset value and base all incoming buy and sell orders on the ...