Retained earnings are a company's cumulative earnings since it began the business, minus any shareholder dividends that were issued. This figure represents stockholder equity that can be used for ...

A business has to prepare various financial statements to meet accounting rules and regulations, and to provide information to the equity holders. The balance sheet gives an overall view of the ...

Stockholders' equity is the value of assets a company has remaining after eliminating all its liabilities. Companies with positive trending shareholder equity tend to be in good fiscal health. Those ...