Shares float for any public company. Float refers to the regular shares a company has issued to the public and are available for investors to trade.
Shares float for any public company. Float refers to the regular shares a company has issued to the public and are available for investors to trade. This dataset returns the total number of outstanding shares, the number of float shares, and free float, which is calculated via the following formula: Free float = (Outstanding shares - restricted shares - closely-held shares)/outstanding shares.