valuation term

Market Capitalization

The total market value of a listed company’s equity, calculated from share price multiplied by shares outstanding.

Category

valuation

Applies to

Companies, Indices, Sectors

Related sectors

8

Linked companies

25

Why it matters

Investor context

It helps investors compare company size, benchmark index eligibility, and the likely liquidity profile of a stock.

Formula

Calculation pattern

share price × shares outstanding

Sector context

Sectors where this term is common

Issuer examples

Companies using this lens

AIA Group Limited

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A pan-Asian life insurer with long-duration growth exposure through protection, savings, and retirement products.

Alphabet Inc.

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A global internet platform company spanning search, advertising, cloud, YouTube, and frontier bets, with strong operating leverage across digital ecosystems.

Apple Inc.

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A global consumer-technology company spanning hardware, software, services, and wearables, with one of the strongest cash-flow profiles in public markets.

AstraZeneca PLC

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A global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, immunology, and rare disease therapies.

Barrick Gold Corporation

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A global gold and copper producer whose investment case is closely linked to realized prices, production discipline, and free cash generation.

HDFC Bank Limited

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A leading private-sector Indian bank known for retail deposit strength, disciplined underwriting, and strong profitability metrics.

Honeywell International Inc.

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A diversified industrial and automation company with significant exposure to aerospace, building technologies, materials, and productivity solutions.

HSBC Holdings plc

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A globally diversified banking group with major franchises in Asia, transaction banking, wealth management, and commercial finance.

Infosys Limited

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A global IT services and consulting company with meaningful exposure to enterprise modernization, outsourcing, and digital transformation spending.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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A globally systemically important bank with leading franchises in consumer banking, investment banking, markets, and asset and wealth management.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton

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The world’s largest luxury goods group, spanning fashion, leather goods, jewelry, cosmetics, wines, and spirits.

Microsoft Corporation

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A diversified software and cloud platform leader with durable enterprise franchises, large recurring revenue streams, and significant AI infrastructure leverage.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

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Japan’s largest banking group, with scale across lending, securities, trust banking, and global institutional operations.

NVIDIA Corporation

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A leading accelerated-computing and semiconductor platform company benefiting from data-center AI demand and high-margin GPU ecosystems.

Reliance Industries Limited

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A sprawling Indian conglomerate spanning refining, petrochemicals, retail, telecom, and digital services.

Rio Tinto plc

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A diversified mining major with exposure to iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other bulk commodities critical to global industrial demand.

Royal Bank of Canada

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Canada’s largest bank by market capitalization, with scale across personal banking, wealth management, insurance, and capital markets.

Sanofi

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A global pharmaceutical company with scale in specialty care, vaccines, and general medicines across mature and emerging markets.

Shell plc

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A global energy major spanning upstream, LNG, refining, chemicals, trading, and power-transition investments.

Shopify Inc.

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A commerce software platform powering online storefronts, merchant services, and multi-channel retail infrastructure.

SoftBank Group Corp.

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A telecom and investment holding group with meaningful exposure to internet, AI, and portfolio valuation narratives.

Sony Group Corporation

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A diversified entertainment, gaming, music, image-sensor, and electronics company with multiple premium brand ecosystems.

Tencent Holdings Limited

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A major internet platform with exposure to social media, gaming, fintech, cloud, and digital content ecosystems.

TotalEnergies SE

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A global integrated energy company combining oil, gas, LNG, trading, and a growing low-carbon power portfolio.

Toyota Motor Corporation

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A global automotive leader with scale advantages in manufacturing, hybrids, and balance-sheet resilience across industry cycles.

Market context

Markets where this concept shows up

Benchmark context

Indices where the concept matters