Corporations have a certain number of authorized shares of common or preferred stock. However, just because a corporation is authorized to issue stock doesn't mean that it has to issue all of those ...

Use market cap and share price to find shares outstanding by dividing the former by the latter. Balance sheets show issued shares by listing par values multiplied by shares issued. Issued but not ...

Outstanding shares are found by subtracting treasury from issued shares. Check your broker's website for shares data if not on financials. Float represents shares available to the public for trading.

When a company calculates its earnings over a certain period of time, it divides its profits by the number of outstanding shares. However, companies' outstanding shares can change over time as a ...