Brooks Automation provides life science sample exploration and management solutions. Co.'s segments are: Life Sciences Products, which provides automated cold sample management systems for compound and biological sample storage, equipment for sample preparation and handling, consumables, and instruments; and Life Sciences Services, which provides sample management programs, cold chain solutions, informatics, as well as sample-based laboratory services, including sample storage, genomic sequencing, gene synthesis, laboratory processing services, laboratory analysis, biospecimen procurement services and other support services to scientific research and support drug development. We show 48 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BRKS shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BRKS market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing BRKS market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing BRKS'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 BRKS versus a peer is one thing; comparing
BRKS 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 BRKS can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching BRKS by allowing them to research the BRKS market cap history. |
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