Market capitalization

The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, the world's largest stock exchange in terms of total market capitalization of its listed companies, as of 2010[1]

Market capitalization, sometimes referred to as market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders.[2]

Market capitalization is equal to the market price per common share multiplied by the number of common shares outstanding.[2][3][4]

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  2. ^ a b Graham, John R; Smart, Scott B.; Megginson, William J. (2010). Corporate Finance (3rd ed.). Mason OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. p. 387. ISBN 9780324782967.
  3. ^ Fernando, Jason (March 5, 2024). "Market Capitalization: What It Means for Investors". Investopedia. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  4. ^ "Definition of market capitalisation". Financial Times Lexicon. Financial Times. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2013.

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