KapStone Paper and Packaging produces and sells a variety of containerboard, corrugated products and specialty paper products. Co. operates in two segments: paper and packaging, which manufactures and sells containerboard, corrugated products and specialty paper for industrial and consumer markets; and distribution, which operates under the Victory trade name, provides its customers packaging solutions and services and distributes corrugated packaging materials and other specialty packaging products, which include stretch film, void fill, carton sealing tape and other specialty tapes. We show 38 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our KS shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute KS market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing KS market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing KS'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 KS versus a peer is one thing; comparing
KS 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 KS can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching KS by allowing them to research the KS market cap history. |
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