iShares Russell Microcap Index Fund is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell Microcap Index (the Index). The Index measures the microcap sector of the United States equity market. The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization-weighted index and includes equity securities issued by issuers with total market capitalizations ranging from approximately $50 million to $550 million, though these amounts may change from time to time. As of Mar 31 2015, the Fund's total assets were $1,134,139,494 and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $1,125,113,353. We show 229 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our IWC shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute IWC market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing IWC market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing IWC'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 IWC versus a peer is one thing; comparing
IWC 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 IWC can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching IWC by allowing them to research the IWC market cap history. |
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