Express is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a fashion retail company whose business includes an omnichannel operating platform, physical and online stores, and a multi-brand portfolio that includes Express and UpWest. Co.'s stores are located in shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet centers, and street locations. Co. sells its products through its online store, www.express.com, its mobile app, as well as through franchisees who operate Express locations in Latin America pursuant to franchise agreements. Co. reports a single segment, which includes the operation of its Express brick-and-mortar retail and outlet stores, eCommerce operations, and franchise operations. We show 53 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our EXPR shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute EXPR market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing EXPR market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing EXPR'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 EXPR versus a peer is one thing; comparing
EXPR 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 EXPR can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching EXPR by allowing them to research the EXPR market cap history. |
Free EXPR Email Alerts:
Video: The Importance of Market Cap
