market capitalization

noun

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

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The stock is down about 90 percent from when the SPAC merger was consummated and was trading at $2 on Monday morning, given the firm a market capitalization of $234 million. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025 By separating, the two new entities should trade at multiples closer to their industry peers, and their combined values should be worth more than what DuPont currently trades at, which was around $76 per share on Monday for a market capitalization of about $32 billion. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 In terms of stock concentration, the 10 largest companies in the S&P 500 now make up a record 40% of the index’s market capitalization. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025 Secondly, and much more mundane by comparison, because NVIDIA currently represents approximately 7% of the S&P 500’s total market capitalization. Billy Perrigo, Time, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market capitalization

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market capitalization was in 1975

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“Market capitalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20capitalization. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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