Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Shares outstanding and floating stock are two types of metrics for investors. Although they refer to all classes of a company's common ...

Understand fully diluted shares and their impact on earnings per share (EPS). Learn how dilution calculations affect stock value and shareholder returns.

Learn how to calculate the market value of equity—find the total dollar value by multiplying the current share price by outstanding shares and understand its importance.

Public company share value is easily found via market price; private share valuation is complex. In mergers, deduct debts and payouts from the buyout sum to find common equity per share value. Deal ...