Question

You are the president of an internet company that has enjoyed great success. You are considering expanding operations into the South American markets and need to raise $500 million of additional funding to do so. You are considering borrowing the money in the bond market at a 8% rate or issuing an additional public offering of common stock. The company treasurer, Chris, suggests an issuance of preferred stock instead. How is preferred stock different than bonds or common stock

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

A bond is regarded as a fixed income instrument and it's a loan that an investor makes to a borrower. On the other hand, in preference shares, dividends have to be paid out to the shareholders before the issuance of common stock dividends.

We should note that whilw bonds typically have a maturity date, the preference shares do not have a maturity date.

During bankruptcy, bondholders are more likely to get paid than the holders of preference shares. When there's default, bondholders can go to court since they've a legal obligation to get paid unlike the holders of preference shares who do not.