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Quantitative Finance · Glossary

What is Free float?

Definition 8.2 Markets I: The Ecosystem and Exchange-Traded Markets · Chapter 8 — Shares, Corporate Actions and Indices

The free float of a company is the fraction of its shares available to public investors, excluding holdings that are not for sale in the ordinary course: founders and other strategic holders, governments, cross-holdings, shares locked up after a listing.

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