When a company issues a dividend to its shareholders, the dividend can be paid either in cash or by issuing additional shares of stock. The two types of dividends affect a company's balance sheet ...

You can find information about a company's common stock in its balance sheet. Image source: Getty Images. Simply put, each share of common stock represents a share of ownership in a company.

The amount of common stock outstanding can show you what percentage of the company you own by buying its stock. Common stock outstanding means all the shares of stock owned by investors and ...