Mutual and stockholder-owned savings and loan associations

Question

Compare and contrast mutual and stockholder-owned savings and loan associations.

Answer 1

Sometimes stockholders own savings and loan associations, similarly commercial banks and other firms are owned by their stockholders mutuals are owned by their depositors.  When someone deposits money in an account at a mutual S&L, he becomes a part owner of the firm.  The mutual S&L's profits are saved into a special reserve account and dividends are paid from time to time to the owner.