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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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Cook led Apple to become the first company to cross $1 trillion in market capitalization, then $2 trillion and $3 trillion.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Ahead of the multistate trial, Meta had revealed in a court filing that it was facing statutory penalties up to $1.4 trillion — nearly as much as the company’s $1.48 trillion market capitalization.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

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

BCA is recommending a two-legged trade, with 80% being a long position in those four hyperscalers, weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

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

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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