The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the total U.S. investment-grade bond market, as represented by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. As of Feb 28 2015, the Fund's total assets were $34,333,901,537and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $34,051,766,237. We show 160 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AGG shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AGG market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing AGG market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing AGG's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of AGG versus a peer is one thing; comparing
AGG market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like AGG can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching AGG by allowing them to research the AGG market cap history. |
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