market capitalization

noun

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Niccol’s surprise hiring in August — announced alongside Narasimhan’s ouster — was greeted with widespread praise from the Club and Wall Street, with Starbucks market capitalization soaring by $21 billion in a single day, to nearly $109 billion. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024 Doing so, however, would be ignoring a slice of the cryptoasset sector that continues to not only grow in market capitalization, but also would ignore a potential on-ramp for millions of new crypto users. Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 By the time Iger retired from the CEO role in February 2020, the company’s market capitalization had increased from $48 billion to $257 billion. Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024 Key Facts Shares of Tesla slid almost 8% to $220 by 10:30 a.m. EDT, losing about $60 billion in market capitalization – more than the equivalent of the total market value of each of its American auto rivals Ford ($43 billion) and General Motors ($54 billion). Derek Saul, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for market capitalization 

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Word History

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 2 Nov. 2024.

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