treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, thus representing no exercisable rights. Shares outstanding and treasury shares together...

Treasury shares are authorized, issued, and held by the company itself. Issued shares is the sum of shares outstanding and treasury shares. Shares authorized...

market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders. Market capitalization is equal to the market...

initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail...

these secondary shares may be from existing shareholders. Since these shares do not increase the number of total shares outstanding, the offering is...

company's shares at $50/share, and the company buys back 100 shares for $5,000, it now has $5,000 less cash but there are 100 fewer shares outstanding; the...

outstanding equity; that is, cash is exchanged for a reduction in the number of shares outstanding. The company either retires the repurchased shares...

of shares outstanding (as opposed to authorized but not necessarily issued) times the price per share. For example, a company with two million shares outstanding...

per-share amount, computed by dividing net assets by the number of fund shares outstanding. Funds must compute their net asset value according to the rules set...

frequently outside of the United States. They are known as equity shares or ordinary shares in the UK and other Commonwealth realms. This type of share gives...