Market capitalization is the market value of all the shares of a publicly traded company. So this is the value
that stock market investors place on a company. Market capitalization is an easy way for investors to
determine the size of a business.
Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the total number of a company’s outstanding shares by its
current share price. For example, if ABC Company had six billion shares outstanding, each with a market
value of $200, its market capitalization would be $1200 billion.
Synonym: Market Cap
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Edouard is a financial analyst at Hardbacon. He is responsible for compiling lists of securities that our users can find in the "Explore" section of the application.
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