Total value of a public company's outstanding shares
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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