market capitalization

noun

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

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The company’s current market capitalization exceeds $2 billion, leading to a price-to-sales ratio of about 400x. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 Burberry fell out of the index, which includes the biggest companies by market capitalization, last September following a 50 percent decline in its share price in the months leading up to the review. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 July 2025 Intel’s market capitalization greatly lags Nvidia at just around $100 billion today. John Kell, Fortune, 16 July 2025 On July 4, after the June 25 protests, market capitalization hit $19.6 billion, matching pre-pandemic levels recorded in December 2019. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for market capitalization

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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 29 Jul. 2025.

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