When a company calculates its earnings over a certain period of time, it divides its profits by the number of outstanding shares. However, companies' outstanding shares can change over time as a ...

Outstanding shares refer to the total number of a company’s shares that are currently owned by shareholders, including those held by institutional investors and company insiders. These shares are a ...

Shares outstanding is the total number of shares a company has released to the public and its insiders, including employees, executives and founders. These shares are also referred to as issued shares ...