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Introduction
Common stock is a type of security that represents ownership in a company. (Investopedia 2011) The owner of a common stock is called either a shareholder or a stockholder. Shareholders have rights to elect the board of director of a company and they also have the rights to vote for some important decisions like company policy and stock splits. (Investowords 2011) As a return to shareholders for investing money into the company, the shareholders are entitled to get dividend from the company every year. Unlike preferred stocks where the holders are guaranteed to get dividend regularly every year, the holders of common stocks will get their dividend only if the company decided to do so plus they have earned some profits. (Investopedia 2011) Although common stock or common share has higher risk than bonds, however it also gives higher return, which attracts a lot of people to invest in common shares to earn money.
Examples of companies that issue common shares in Malaysia:
1. AMMB (1015) – AMMB Holdings Berhad
2. AXIATA (6888) – Axiata Group Berhad (formerly known as TM International Berhad)
3. BAT (4162) – British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad
4. CIMB (1023) – CIMB Group Holdings Berhad
5. DIGI (6947) – DiGi.Com Berhad
6. GAMUDA (5398) – Gamuda Berhad
7. GENM (4715) – Genting Malaysia Berhad
8. GENTING (3182) – Genting Berhad
9. HLBANK (5819) – Hong Leong Bank Berhad
10. HLFG (1082) – Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad
11. IOICORP (1961) – IOI Corporation Berhad
12. KLK (2445) – Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad
13. MAS (3786) – Malaysian Airline System Berhad
14. MAXIS (6012) – Maxis Berhad
15. MAYBANK (1155) – Malayan Banking Berhad
16. MISC (3816) – MISC Berhad
17. MMCCORP (2194) – MMC Corporation Berhad
18. PBBANK (1295) – Public Bank Berhad
19. PCHEM (5183) – Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad
20. PETDAG (5681) – Petronas Dagangan Berhad
21. PETGAS (6033) – Petronas Gas Berhad
22. PLUS (5052) – PLUS Expressways Berhad...