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capitalization

[kap-i-tl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
capital
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“When journalists go out on the street their capitalization isn’t what they worry about. They worry about their beats. They write stories and editors edit the stories and they are published without interference of owners.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The sector table includes forward price-to-earnings ratios, which are based on September’s closing prices and consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates, weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Bismarck, N.D.-based Knife River KNF -7.86%decrease; down pointing triangle has a market capitalization of about $3 billion, with its stock down nearly 30% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

AMD shares finished the day at $615.52, translating to a market capitalization of $1 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 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 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 electric letters glow white against a black wall, their message spelled out with odd capitalizations, in Ms. Emin’s distinctive, sloping script.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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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