An exchange rate system characterized by the absence of government intervention. Also known as clean float.

The proportion of a company's listed shares that are freely available for trading and not closely held and unlikely to trade. For example, a large stake may be held by the family that started the company, or by a charitable trust or a government and be very unlikely to come onto the market.

The maximum amount by which an activity can be delayed beyond its early dates without delaying any successor activity beyond its early dates. [D00736]

Definition Shares of a public company that are freely available to the investing public.

Free float refers to the percentage of a company’s total voting shares that are freely traded and could therefore be held by anyone.

Free Float is the percentage of capital which is held by investors, obeying the pure financial logic that one buys when the share price seems low and sells when it seems to have risen. It therefore re [..]

Proportion of shares of a public limited company held by many shareholders in small parcels.

The portion of capital that is eligible to be traded on the stock market. For example, shares held by the Government or within a shareholder pact do not form part of the free float. The greater the free float, the higher the share’s liquidity. The free float capitalization is the stock market capitalization multiplied by the percentage of the free [..]

An exchange rate system characterised by the absence of gover nment intervention. Also known as a clean float.

The free float is the portion of the total number of a company’s shares that is not in fixed ownership. Small portions owned by private investors are also included in the free float, even though they [..]

The percentage of a corporation’s stock that is not held by large, long-term stockholders.

The proportion of shares of a publicly traded company traded in the stock market.

An exchange rate system characterized by the absence of government intervention. Also known as clean float.