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capitalization

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


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During the pandemic, it traded as if mRNA would transform medicine overnight, with its market capitalization peaking near $200 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

And with a capitalization of $5.26 trillion, Nvidia is the market’s biggest company, carrying a 7.6% weighting in the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The remaining 20% would be the short sale of a basket of six neocloud companies, also weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

About 45% of the S&P 500 market capitalization consists of AI-linked stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Yeah. I’m a big believer in random capitalization. The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle.”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

To be included in the baskets, the stocks must have market capitalizations of more than $1 billion and trade with liquid U.S. listings.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Shares of Nvidia, which remains the largest company market capitalizations, are trading about 5% lower than the day Burry announced his short.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Because the Dow is a price-weighted index—meaning individual stock prices rather than market capitalizations determine the weighting of each company—few funds choose to replicate its composition.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 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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