Difference Between Share And Stock

Difference Between Share And Stock

The major dissimilarities or difference between share and stock can be highlighted as follows:

1. Introduction

Share: Share is a small units of capital of a company or a firm

Stock: Stock is a total amount of capital (total shares) invested by someone in one or more companies or firms

2. Indicates

Share: It indicates the units of ownership in a particular company

Stock: It indicates overall ownership in one or more companies

3. What Is It?

Share: Smallest portion of stock

Stock: It is a collective form of shares

4. Nominal Value Or Not

Share: Yes, it has

Stock: No

5. Fully Paid Up Or Not

Share: May be or may not be (not compulsory)

Stock: Yes, always

6. Direct Issue Or Not

Share: Yes

Stock: No

7. Holders Known As

Share: Holder is known as shareholder

Stock: holder is known as stockholder

8. Definite Number Or Not

Share: Yes

Stock: No

Share Vs Stock (Comparison Chart)

Basis	Share	Stock
Introduction	Units of capital invested in a certain company	Total amount of capital invested in one or more firms
Indicates	Units of ownership	Overall ownership
It Is	Smallest portion of capital	Collective form of capital
Nominal Value	Yes	No
Fully Paid Up	Not compulsory	Yes
Direct Issue	Yes	No
Holders Are	Shareholders	Stockholders
Definite Number	Yes	No

I hope this post is helpful to understand the difference between share and stock and to make comparison between them.