Reason for differences in Market Cap number on stock quote sites - Why?
e.g. - On Finviz.com, WAB has a marketcap of $4.33B but has a market cap of $4.26B. Why?
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LOL, you serious? If you are, the main factor would be the time the market cap was calculated. Another reason could be how market cap is calculated (basic VS diluted shares).
Let's assume market cap isn't updated every day on these sites. The inputs for the market cap formula are share price and shares outstanding. One of those values change consistently enough that two sources that calculate the market cap at different times could easily have different results. I'll assume you can figure out which of the two inputs I'm referring to.
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