Shares Outstanding
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The volume of stock shares issued by the company and in the hands of the public. This number entails how much is being traded in the open market. A decreasing shares outstanding over time may be the result of company buybacks. Companies frequently make stock buybacks and retire those buybacks as treasury stock.
Shares outstanding represents a company's market value spread across the amount of shares outstanding. The amount of shares outstanding is frequently used in ratios such as Earnings Per Share.
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- Additional Paid in Capital
- Authorized Stock
- Average Basic Shares Outstanding
- Average Diluted Shares Outstanding
- Book Value per Share
- Dividend Per Share
- Earnings per Share
- Market Capitalization
- Normalized Earnings per Share
- Revenue Per Share
- Split
- Stock
- Stock Buyback
- Stock Dilution
- Tangible Book Value Per Share
