Shares of a public company that are freely available to the investing public.
The proportion of a company's shares that are likely to be tradeable on the market: a measure of how many shares are reasonably liquid.... more on: Free float
Free Float is the percentage of capital which is held by investors, obeying the pure financial logic that one buys when the share price seems low and sells when it seems to have risen. It therefore represents the part of the capital which remains available to the public.
is defined as the percentage of capital not held by strategic shareholders (interest in excess of 5%).
The proportion of all issued stock which is not held firmly. It is always difficult to judge the exact proportion of free float stock.
The proportion of company's shares that are available to buy and sell. Some public companies have one or two shareholders who hold 50% or even more of its shares.
The number of shares not held by corporate insider... Add a comment
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Free float means the freely floated shares that are traded and held by the public at large. Strategic ownership by any individual or entity, whether private or public, is excluded from the free float.
Time by which an activity may be delayed or extended without affecting the start of any succeeding activity. Note: free float can never be negative.
The amount of shares issued by a company that is not in firm ownership. In other words, those shares that are freely negotiable.
The part of a company's capital in public ownership and tradable on the stock markets. The higher the free float, the greater the liquidity of the shares. 100% of Air Liquide's capital is floated.
The maximum amount by which an activity can be delayed beyond its early dates without delaying any succeeding activity beyond its early dates.
The proportion of a company's stock which is said to be readily available in the secondary market. Where the original owners of a now-listed company hold 30% of a company's shares and it is known that a second group holds a strategic interest in that same company of 15%, that company's free float would be 55%.
The shares in a company that are in active circulation, as opposed to those in firm hands, such as the founders' or a substantial investor's. Somewhat arbitrarily considered that portion of the shares outstanding not held in positions 5%.
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediate successor activities. See also total float. Gantt chart A graphic representation of work activities shown by a time-scaled bar chart.
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately succeeding activities.
The number of shares not held by corporate insiders that are freely tradable in the public market or markets on which a company's securities are listed.
An exchange rate system characterized by the absence of government intervention. Also known as clean float.
The percentage of stock that can be held by the public.
Portion of a company's shares that is held by a large number of private and institutional investors.
