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  Use Market Cap When You're Considering Stocks When you're evaluating a publicly-traded company and deciding whether you want to purchase some of its stock, you shouldn't focus solely on the price of one share. Make sure you look at its market capitalization, or "market cap," to get a clearer picture of how the market values the company. The market cap represents the amount you would pay to buy up all of the company's shares, not necessarily its true value. The size of a business's market cap determines the broad category of publicly traded company it falls under—small-cap, mid-cap, or large-cap. Learn what market cap can tell you about a company and why you should use it when evaluating a one. What Is Market Cap? Market cap is the number of outstanding shares multiplied by the current share price. The result tells you the value of a company's stocks on the stock market. It is calculated using the float method or the free-float method. Float is the nu...