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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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With a market capitalization of nearly $51 billion, Workday would be one of Silver Lake’s largest tech investments to date.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

In 2012, Kushner displayed an entrepreneurial streak, co-founding Oscar, a health tech and insurer that now is publicly traded with a market capitalization of about $9 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The same clause says those targets would be met or missed based on the final deal price—or on Tesla’s market capitalization immediately before any acquisition closed, if that is higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Its market capitalization of $140 billion now eclipses that of British oil giant BP.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 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

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

From Barron's Aug. 16, 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

Nike also has one of the lowest market capitalizations in the index at around $60 billion.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The world’s three largest memory-chip makers—Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology—now carry market capitalizations of more than $1 trillion each.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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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