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stock price

Noun

Meaning

stock price (plural stock prices)

(finance) A stock's fluctuating price on the relevant financial market where its type is traded.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Insider trading is hard to prove. To be convicted, a person must have bought or sold a stock based on material information that is both unknown to the general public and likely to have had an important effect on a company's stock price. Alex Berenson

Firms that have a high BE/ME (a low stock price relative to book value) tend to have low earnings on assets. Conversely, low BE/ME (a high stock price relative to book value) is associated with persistently high earnings. Eugene Fama

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those. Tim Cook

If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself. James Sinegal

What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to companies that will create value - not in the form of a rising stock price but in the form of more goods for less cost, more jobs, and rising wages - by enhancing productivity. James Surowiecki

Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation. Peter Diamandis

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