B&G Foods is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. manufactures, sells and distributes a portfolio of shelf-stable and frozen food and household products. Co.'s brands and product lines include: The Green Giant and Le Sueur brands, which provide vegetables grown and picked in the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant; The Crisco brand, which provides vegetable oil, cooking oils and cooking sprays; The Ortega brand, which encompasses the Mexican food segment including taco shells, tortillas, seasonings, dinner kits, taco sauces, peppers, refried beans and salsas; and Clabber Girl, which is engaged in baking products, including baking powder, baking soda and corn starch. We show 56 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BGS shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BGS market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing BGS market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing BGS'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 BGS versus a peer is one thing; comparing
BGS 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 BGS can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching BGS by allowing them to research the BGS market cap history. |
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