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Leonardo1974

05/03/07 1:59 PM

#59904 RE: WardOffMonkey #59892

Market Capitalization
Market Capitalization is defined as the price per share of stock at the end of a period multiplied by the average number of fully diluted shares outstanding, as reported in the Company's most recently filed Form 10-K or 10-Q.

Obviously, we had different professors.

Anything else would be implying a 'free lunch' or don't you believe in the balance sheet?
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stoxbox

05/04/07 1:44 AM

#59958 RE: WardOffMonkey #59892

Market capitalization
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Market capitalization, or market cap, is a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the stock price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. As owning stock represents owning the company, including all its assets, capitalization represents the public opinion of a company's net worth and is a determining factor in stock valuation.

Shares outstanding
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In business, the shares outstanding (example) is the total of all issued shares less any treasury stock (example).

Shares outstanding can either be calculated as basic or diluted. Shares outstanding can be obtained from quarterly filings with the SEC.

Treasury stock
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A treasury stock or reacquired stock is stock which is bought back by the issuing of company, reducing the number of outstanding stocks on the open market ("open market" including insiders' holdings).
Stock repurchases are often used as a tax-efficient method to put cash into shareholders' hands, rather than pay dividends. Sometimes, companies do this when they feel that their stock is undervalued on the open market. Other times, companies do this to provide a "bonus" or incentive compensation plan for employees. Rather than receive cash, recipients receive an asset that might appreciate in value faster than cash saved in a bank account.
The United Kingdom equivalent of treasury stock as used in the United States is treasury share. Treasury stocks in the UK refers to government bonds or gilts.