{"id":1113,"date":"2024-04-22T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:28:14","slug":"what-are-the-difference-between-share-and-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-are-the-difference-between-share-and-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the difference between share and equity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In financial jargon, &#8216;equity&#8217; refers to ownership in any asset after all debts associated with that asset are paid off. For companies, equity represents the net assets belonging to the owners. &#8216;Shares,&#8217; on the other hand, are units of ownership in a company, each representing a slice of its total equity. So, if a company\u2019s equity is the entire pizza, each share is a single slice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shares are tradable units, bought and sold on the stock exchange. Equity, however, is a broader term, often used when talking about investment returns, capital raising, and balance sheets. As a SEBI Registered Investment Advisor, I can tell you that understanding this difference is crucial when you\u2019re dabbling in <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/wealth-services\/portfolio-management\">wealth management<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/pms\">portfolio management services<\/a>. After all, Warren Buffet said, &#8220;Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, when investing in a company, having shares means you own a piece of it, and with that comes voting rights and dividends. Having equity means you have an interest in the net assets and future profitability of that enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum up, if you&#8217;re contemplating whether to invest in shares or gain equity through some other means, consult with a SEBI Registered Investment Advisor to match your investment strategy with your financial goals.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Is Your Portfolio Delivering What It Should?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">Maxiom Wealth&#8217;s PMS strategies are built by our ex-ICICI CIO team for investors with \u20b950L+. 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So, if a company\u2019s&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-are-the-difference-between-share-and-equity\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are the difference between share and equity?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stocks","category-stocks-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3666,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/3666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}