The total number of shares a company has issued
It is every share the company has put into the world. Multiply the price by it and you get market value; divide profit by it and you get earnings per share. It grows with new issues and shrinks with buybacks, so the same profit can be worth more or less per share.
Profit of $1 billion over 10 million shares is $100 per share.
For learning, not investment advice. Decisions are your own.
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