Common Stockholders' Equity Law and Legal Definition
According to 12 CFR 325.2 [Title 12 -- Banks and Banking; Chapter III -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Subchapter B -- Regulations and Statements of General Policy; Part 325 -- Capital Maintenance; Subpart A -- Minimum Capital Requirements], common stockholders' equity means “the sum of common stock and related surplus, undivided profits, disclosed capital reserves that represent a segregation of undivided profits, and foreign currency translation adjustments, less net unrealized holding losses on available-for-sale equity securities with readily determinable fair values.”