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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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After briefly taking the top spot in 2024 as world's most valuable company by market capitalization, Nvidia has since vied for that honor with fellow US giants Apple and Microsoft.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

The company reached a record market capitalization of nearly $5.8 trillion in October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Heading into Friday’s trading, Tesla had erased more than $200 billion in market capitalization over a two-day span.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Across the past two trading days, Tesla has erased $221 billion in market capitalization and SpaceX has lost $229 billion in value, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The S&P 500 is weighted by companies’ market capitalizations, which means the index is nearly 40% concentrated in its largest 10 components.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Keeley Small Cap Fund typically buys shares of companies with market capitalizations ranging from $100 million to $2.5 billion at initial investment.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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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