Shire (SHPG) Market Cap : $54,842 Mil (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

Shire Market Cap Chart

Shire Annual Data
	Trend	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17
Market Cap		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					27,509.16	41,693.33	40,490.78	51,352.70	46,985.85

Shire Quarterly Data
	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18
Market Cap	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															45,843.88	46,985.85	45,349.87	51,388.29	55,269.59

Competitive Comparison of Shire's Market Cap

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Shire's Market Cap, along with its competitors' market caps and Market Cap data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Shire's Market Cap Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Shire's Market Cap distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shire's Market Cap falls into.

Shire Market Cap Calculation

Market cap is the short version of market capitalization. It is the total market value to buy the whole company. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding.

Shire's Market Cap for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Shire's Market Cap for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Shire  (NAS:SHPG) Market Cap Explanation

Market cap is not the real price you pay for a company. If you buy the company and become its owner, you become the owner of the cash the company has, and you also assume the company’s debt. The real price you pay is the Enterprise Value.

Warren Buffett uses the ratio of total market cap of all public traded companies over GDP to measure if the market is expensive. As of April 2012, the US total market cap is about $14.7 trillion, while the US GDP is about $15 trillion. The market was modestly overvalued.

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