Market capitalization

What the whole company costs at today's price

In detail

Market cap is the share price times the number of shares outstanding. Price alone tells you nothing about size, but market cap lets you compare companies. It is what the market says the company is worth today, and it is how companies get sorted into large, mid, and small cap.

Example

At $2,000 a share with 50 million shares outstanding, market cap is $100 billion.

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