In phantom stock you will receive payments just like with equity stock but you would not get any voting rights or owner ship of any part of that company
A holder of SAR's is not entitled to dividends/distributions, whereas...a holder of phantom stock will be entielted to an equivalent dividend/distribution payment.
Equity is bought and sold in the stock marketwhile debt is bought and sold in the bond market.
Equity grants give employees ownership in a company immediately, while stock options grant the right to buy company stock at a set price in the future. Equity grants provide immediate ownership, while stock options offer the potential to own stock in the future.
Equity represents ownership in a company, while stock options give the holder the right to buy shares at a specific price in the future. Equity provides direct ownership and voting rights, while stock options offer the potential to profit if the stock price rises above the option price.
equity shares are stock market instruments that represent ownership. A person holding 10 stocks of XYZ limited owns a small % of the XYZ company. mutual funds are stock market instruments too but they invest in the equity shares that is explained above.