Corporate Bond is as a debt instrument issued by a company that aims to mobilize the fund by loaning. In general, the bondholders are creditors who have been guaranteed to receive the principal and interest in the specific date (Maturity date). But the bondholders will not be entitled to make any decisions on the company's issue as holding common shareholders
There are 2 characteristics of bonds:
Basics for comparison | Common Stock | Bond | |
---|---|---|---|
Government Bond | Corporate Bond | ||
Instrument type | Equity | Debt | Debt |
Owners | Shareholders | Bondholders | Bondholders |
Issue by | Companies | Government | Companies |
Return | Dividend | Interest | Interest |
Claiming priority | Low | Hight | Hight |
Voting right | Yes | No | No |
Risk | High | Low | Low |
Returned guarantee | No | Yes | Yes |
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