iShares MSCI USA Value Factor is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of an index that measures the performance of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with value characteristics and relatively lower valuations, as represented by the MSCI USA Value Weighted Index (the Index). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. As of Jul 31 2015, the Fund's total assets were $695,082,298 and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $694,353,796. We show 223 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our VLUE shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute VLUE market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing VLUE market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing VLUE'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 VLUE versus a peer is one thing; comparing
VLUE 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 VLUE can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching VLUE by allowing them to research the VLUE market cap history. |
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