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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
Synonyms


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The index committee has discretion when choosing which companies receive places in the S&P 500, provided that the businesses meet various criteria around market capitalization and profitability.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

That would easily meet the S&P’s definition of a Megacap company—greater than the market capitalization of the 100th largest company in the S&P Total Market Index.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

According to Dow Jones Market Data, GameStop currently has a market capitalization of $11.2 billion, while eBay’s stands at around $46 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The shares offer superior earnings-per-share growth and a return of more than 30% of its market capitalization over the next three years, while trading at undemanding levels, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Punctuation, together with other graphical indicators such as italics, capitalization, and spacing, developed over the history of printed language to do two things.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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