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Shareholder vs Unitholder - What's the difference?

shareholder | unitholder |

Unitholder is a coordinate term of shareholder.



As nouns the difference between shareholder and unitholder

is that shareholder is one who owns shares of stock in a corporation while unitholder is an owner of a beneficial interest ("unit") in a financial entity such as an investment trust.

shareholder

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
  • Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.

    unitholder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) An owner of a beneficial interest ("unit") in a financial entity such as an investment trust.
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  • , passage=Its portfolios have returned more than 20 percent a year after fees for two decades, and those fees — which produce the profits that unitholders have a stake in — have been ample.}}

    Coordinate terms

    *bondholder *shareholder *stockholder English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs