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  2. Shares outstanding - Wikipedia

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    Shares outstanding are all the shares of a corporation that have been authorized, issued and purchased by investors and are held by them. They are distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, thus representing no exercisable rights. Shares outstanding and treasury shares together amount to the number of ...

  3. Market capitalization - Wikipedia

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    Market cap is given by the formula =, where MC is the market capitalization, N is the number of common shares outstanding, and P is the market price per common share. [ 8 ] For example, if a company has 4 million common shares outstanding and the closing price per share is $20, its market capitalization is then $80 million.

  4. Earnings per share - Wikipedia

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    Dividends in arrears are not relevant when calculating EPS. Basic formula. Earnings per share = ⁠ profit − preferred dividends / weighted average common shares ⁠. Net income formula. Earnings per share = ⁠ net income − preferred dividends / average common shares ⁠. Continuing operations formula. Earnings per share = ⁠ income from ...

  5. Stock dilution - Wikipedia

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    Stock dilution, also known as equity dilution, is the decrease in existing shareholders ' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. [1] New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive effect on the ownership percentage of existing shareholders. This increase in the number of shares ...

  6. Issued shares - Wikipedia

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    In economics and law, issued shares are the shares of a corporation which have been allocated (allotted) and are subsequently held by shareholders. [1][2] The act of creating new issued shares is called issuance. Allotment is simply the transfer of shares to a subscriber. After allotment, a subscriber becomes a shareholder, though usually that ...

  7. Stock valuation - Wikipedia

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    Stock valuation is the method of calculating theoretical values of companies and their stocks.The main use of these methods is to predict future market prices, or more generally, potential market prices, and thus to profit from price movement – stocks that are judged undervalued (with respect to their theoretical value) are bought, while stocks that are judged overvalued are sold, in the ...

  8. Public float - Wikipedia

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    Public float. In the context of stock markets, the public float or free float represents the portion of shares of a corporation that are in the hands of public investors as opposed to locked-in shares held by promoters, company officers, controlling-interest investors, or governments. This number is sometimes seen as a better way of calculating ...

  9. P/B ratio - Wikipedia

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    P/B ratio. The price-to-book ratio, or P/B ratio, (also PBR) is a financial ratio used to compare a company's current market value to its book value (where book value is the value of all assets minus liabilities owned by a company). The calculation can be performed in two ways, but the result should be the same.