American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global insurance company. Co. provides insurance solutions that help businesses and individuals in approximately 190 countries and jurisdictions protect their assets and manage risks through AIG operations and network partners. Co. operates through three segments: General Insurance, Life and Retirement, and Other Operations. Its General Insurance segment consists of two segments: North America and International. Its Life and Retirement segment consists of four segments: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Life Insurance and Institutional Markets. We show 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AIG shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AIG market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing AIG market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing AIG'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 AIG versus a peer is one thing; comparing
AIG 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 AIG can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching AIG by allowing them to research the AIG market cap history. |
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