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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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Samsung and Hynix together account for roughly half of the benchmark Kospi index’s market capitalization.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Depending on the index provider, the U.S. now accounts for between 60% to 65% of the global market capitalization.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Once valued at $100 billion, the fast-fashion company now has a $26 billion market capitalization following its listing in Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Shein started the session with shares priced at HK$48.56, raising HK$13.6 billion and giving it a value by market capitalization of just over $26 billion.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

“Yeah. I’m a big believer in random capitalization. The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle.”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The strategists recommend quality stocks with large market capitalizations, adopters of artificial intelligence and the S&P 500 over international stocks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

The market capitalizations of Best Buy, Lululemon and Wayfair are all below that threshold.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

As far as quality goes, individual investors have a preference: They gravitate toward stocks with small market capitalizations, volatile returns and high valuations relative to fundamentals like earnings and sales growth.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Because the Dow is a price-weighted index—meaning individual stock prices rather than market capitalizations determine the weighting of each company—few funds choose to replicate its composition.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

I'm agin' these big capitalizations, and that's just why I asked you for the information.

From Loaded Dice by Ellery H. Clark




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