publicly held investment & finance definition
Refers
to a company whose outstanding shares are not held by private owners, but
rather by public investors, who may
buy and sell shares on the open securities markets.
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- Of, relating to, or being securities that are freely transferable among investors. For example, stock owned by institutional investors is publicly held, but unregistered stock held by a firm's founder is not publicly held.
- Of, relating to, or being a publicly traded company.
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