The price of a single share of stock. Very important number.
So...let's say there are 40 million shares outstanding in a given company, and you've paid 10 bucks for a single share of stock. That 10 buck price then values the entire company at $400 million. You just bought one 40-millionth of it for 10 bucks.
So what makes a stock price? Well, the market. Buyers and sellers come together in a financial orgy called NASDAQ, or the NYSE, or the LSE, or the HKSE, and many others where supply meets demand and a stock price is, um...born.
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