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public company
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company that offers its securities for sale to the general public
A public company is a business that sells its ownership shares (called securities) to anyone in the general public who wants to buy them. This matters because it allows regular people to own a piece of successful companies and potentially earn returns on their investment, while giving companies a way to raise money for growth.
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Within Vinony's link graph, public company is referenced by 10,808 other articles, and connects out to initial public offering, private limited company and United States.
It sits within the topics Publicly traded companies and Types of business entity.
Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- joint-stock company
- Owned by
- shareholder
- Has parts of class
- security
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- topic's main category
- Category:Publicly traded companies
- different from
- government agency
- Commons category
- Publicly traded companies
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The New York Stock Exchange Building in 2015
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