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market capitalization; total market value (of a company, calculated as share price × shares outstanding)
A finance term for the total market value of a company's outstanding shares. It is the standard yardstick in news reports for ranking companies by size, comparing global firms, and tracking changes in a company's valuation over time.
この会社の時価総額は1兆円を超えた。
This company's market cap surpassed one trillion yen.
時価総額で見ると、世界でトップクラスの企業だ。
Measured by market cap, it is one of the world's top-tier companies.
株価の急落で、時価総額は一日で数兆円失われた。
Due to the sharp drop in share price, the market cap lost several trillion yen in a single day.
Compound of 時価 (current market price) and 総額 (total amount). It is calculated as the share price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding, and is the most common way to compare the size of publicly traded companies in news and business writing. Though technical, it has become familiar enough to appear in general-interest media.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 時価総額が上がる / 下がる: market cap rises / falls
- 時価総額を超える: to exceed (a market cap figure)
- 時価総額ランキング: market cap ranking
- 世界最大の時価総額: the world's largest market cap
- 時価総額ベースで: on a market-cap basis
RELATED TERMS:
- 株価: share price — the per-share value that feeds into market cap
- 発行済み株式数: shares outstanding — the second input to the market-cap formula
- 企業価値: enterprise value — a broader valuation including debt, used in mergers and acquisitions
- 時価: current market price — the general word for "today's market price"