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Public companies are businesses that have sold shares of stock to the general public. This means that anyone can buy shares of the company and become a shareholder. Continue Reading Below

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Discover the definition of financial terms related to public companies.

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): How It Works, Types, and Examples Thumbnail

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): How It Works, Types, and Examples

Silas Bamigbola

SEC Form PRRN14A Thumbnail

SEC Form PRRN14A

SuperMoney Team

SEC Form PRE 14C: Key Information and Requirements for Filing Thumbnail

SEC Form PRE 14C: Key Information and Requirements for Filing

SuperMoney Team

Activist Investor: Definition, Tactics, and Impact Thumbnail

Activist Investor: Definition, Tactics, and Impact

Silas Bamigbola

Equity Market Capitalization: Understanding, Examples, and Applications Thumbnail

Equity Market Capitalization: Understanding, Examples, and Applications

SuperMoney Team

IBES: Insights, Evolution, and Real-World Applications Thumbnail

IBES: Insights, Evolution, and Real-World Applications

SuperMoney Team

Dividend Per Share (DPS): What It Is, How to Calculate, and Real-World Examples Thumbnail

Dividend Per Share (DPS): What It Is, How to Calculate, and Real-World Examples

Abi Bus

Financial Accounting Meaning, Principles, and Why It Matters Thumbnail

Financial Accounting Meaning, Principles, and Why It Matters

Alessandra Nicole

10-K: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Annual Reports Thumbnail

10-K: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Annual Reports

SuperMoney Team

Purchase Acquisition Accounting: Definition, Insights, and Real-world Examples Thumbnail

Purchase Acquisition Accounting: Definition, Insights, and Real-world Examples

Silas Bamigbola

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Learn About Public Companies

Thumbnail for Blog Article: Pre IPO Investing: Here's How It Works

Pre IPO Investing: Here's How It Works

Benjamin Locke

Thumbnail for Blog Article: Companies That Had Their IPO in 2011

Companies That Had Their IPO in 2011

Allan Du

Thumbnail for Blog Article: BB&T And SunTrust Set To Become the 6th Largest U.S. Retail Bank

BB&T And SunTrust Set To Become the 6th Largest U.S. Retail Bank

Andrew Latham

Thumbnail for Blog Article: Companies that had their IPO in 2018

Companies that had their IPO in 2018

Camilla Smoot

About Public Companies

Public companies are businesses that have sold shares of stock to the general public. This means that anyone can buy shares of the company and become a shareholder. Public companies are required to disclose a significant amount of financial information to the public, and their stocks are traded on stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Because they are owned by a large number of shareholders, public companies are subject to a high level of scrutiny and regulation.