Stock dilution

Encyclopedia : S : ST : STO : Stock dilution

Stock Dilution is a decrease of the per share value of common stock due to an increase in the total number of shares. The increase can be provoked by the issuance of new shares to the public, by employees exercising their stock options, or by the conversion of convertible bonds into stocks.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.