Market capitalization

Market capitalization (market cap) is the total value of a company’s shares — its share price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding.

Market capitalization, usually shortened to "market cap," is the aggregate market value of a company’s outstanding shares. It is calculated by multiplying the current share price by the total number of shares outstanding. A company trading at $50 with 2 billion shares has a $100 billion market cap.

Market cap is the most common way to gauge a company’s size and to sort companies into broad buckets — large cap, mid cap, and small cap. It reflects only the equity value the market currently assigns; it is not the same as enterprise value (which also accounts for debt and cash) or the amount of money the company holds.

Because it moves with the share price, market cap is delayed daily-close data on stocks-llm, shown with its as-of date. It changes every trading day.

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