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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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The sector table includes forward price-to-earnings ratios, which are based on the most recent prices and consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates, weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“When journalists go out on the street their capitalization isn’t what they worry about. They worry about their beats. They write stories and editors edit the stories and they are published without interference of owners.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

And the data supports that shares are in bargain territory, even though the company is the largest on earth, with a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

On an intraday basis, AMD became the 14th U.S. company to see its market capitalization top $1 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“A bank with a market capitalization of one billion dollars might have one trillion dollars’ worth of credit default swaps outstanding.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Meanwhile, their total market capitalizations range from around $55 billion for Marubeni to about $115 billion for Mitsubishi, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Smaller builders are trading near or below book value, and all have relatively small market capitalizations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The electric letters glow white against a black wall, their message spelled out with odd capitalizations, in Ms. Emin’s distinctive, sloping script.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

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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