Shareholders receive value from the corporations they own or invest in through dividends or increases in company value. These dividends increase the per-share price of privately held company stock.

Although there were 4.5 million "S" corporations in the U.S. in 2007, according to the S Corporation Association, others have chosen to operate as "C" corporations because of the inherent flexibility ...

Savvy investors look at a company's financial health before buying its stock. Some investors monitor a company's free cash flow and review its cash flow statements to gauge how well it manages its ...