# Market Capitalization

*Markets & Instruments — Finicade finance glossary*

A company's total stock-market value — share price times shares outstanding. It's how firms are sized into 'large-cap' or 'small-cap', and a truer measure of size than share price alone.

**Also known as:** market cap

**Related terms:** [Stock (Equity)](https://finicade.com/glossary/stock), [IPO (Initial Public Offering)](https://finicade.com/glossary/ipo), [Index Fund](https://finicade.com/glossary/index-fund)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/market-capitalization