The
value of a company's outstanding
shares, calculated by
shares times current price.
In general, the larger
the market capitalization,
the less risk. Firms with
small market capitalizations
can be particularly risky.
Basic
breakdown of market caps
are as follows:
Giant
cap. = over $25 billion
Large cap. = $5 billion
to $25 billion
Medium cap. = $1 billion
to $5 billion
Small cap. = $250 million
to $1 billion
Micro cap. = Under $250
million
Note:
For non-US companies that
wish to have their companies
shares traded in US dollars
on US exchanges, market
capitalization is based
on ADR shares and does not
correspond to the actual
market cap in their homeland.
For more information, see
American
Depositary Receipt (ADR)
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