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A stock's float shows how many free-trading shares of a publicly-traded company exist. Float can be either a precise number of shares or a percentage of its total shares outstanding. Stock float, or ...

The proportion of a quoted companys shares not held by those closest (eg. directors, founding families) to the company who may be unlikely to sell their shares.

The stockmarket regulator yesterday formed a committee to set the definition of “free float”, as a new index to be introduced on the bourses would be based on free float or tradable shares of listed ...