defensive stock

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• defensive stock — ➔ stock1 * * *    Low beta stocks that are less risky than the overall market. Defensive stocks tend to be in non cyclical sectors such as food retailing and public utilities, where sales do not fluctuate markedly throughout the economic cycle.… …   Financial and business terms

• Defensive Stock — A stock that provides a constant dividend and stable earnings regardless of the state of the overall stock market. This is not to be confused with a defense stock , which refers to stock in companies which manufacture things like weapons,… …   Investment dictionary

• Defensive Company — A company whose sales and earnings remain relatively stable during both economic upturns and downturns. Companies within the utilities industry, such as water and electricity companies, are defensive companies since their goods and services have… …   Investment dictionary

• stock — Synonyms and related words: Animalia, Broadway, ability, abundance, acceptation, accepted, acception, accommodate, accumulate, accumulation, accustomed, acquiescence, affiliation, afford, allotment, allowance, amass, amassment, ancestor, ancestry …   Moby Thesaurus

• defensive — Ⅰ. defensive UK US /dɪˈfensɪv/ adjective ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET an investment that is defensive is very safe, with little or no risk, and its value does not change very much over a period of time: »a defensive share/stock ► trying to protect… …   Financial and business terms

• Stock image — can mean the following:* A stock image in publishing is an image that is commercially available (see stock photography). * A stock image in finance is a stock valuation coefficient based on the stock profile (growth, defensive, emerging, cyclical …   Wikipedia

• stock|ade — «sto KAYD», noun, verb, ad|ed, ad|ing. –n. 1. a defensive wall or fence of large, strong posts fixed upright in the ground: »A heavy stockade around the cabins protected the pioneers from attack. 2. a) a pen or other place of confinement for… …   Useful english dictionary

• stock — physical items ( inventory) that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms Ownership of a corporation indicated by shares, which represent a piece of the… …   Financial and business terms

• Stock — Ownership of a corporation which is represented by shares which represent a piece of the corporation s assets and earnings. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. stock stock 1 [stɒk ǁ stɑːk] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] especially… …   Financial and business terms

• defensive interval ratio — A ratio that demonstrates the ability of a business to satisfy its current debts by calculating the time for which it can operate on current liquid assets, without needing revenue from the next period s sales. Current assets less stock is divided …   Accounting dictionary

• defensive interval ratio — A ratio that demonstrates the ability of a business to satisfy its current debts by calculating the time for which it can operate on current liquid assets, without needing revenue from the next period s sales. Current assets less stock is divided …   Big dictionary of business and management