public company

noun

British.

1. a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.

public company

noun

1. a limited company whose shares may be purchased by the public and traded freely on the open market and whose share capital is not less than a statutory minimum; public limited company Compare private company

public company

1. A company that sells shares in itself to the public to raise capital. When a previously privately owned company offers shares, it is said to “go public.”

Example Sentences

It’s not the kind of eye-popping move that made Nvidia the world’s first public company to reach a market capitalization of more than $5 trillion—but any gains would still be welcome by investors after a negative November.

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Regulatory compliance for the median U.S. public company can amount to 4.3% of market capitalization External link, according to a study by Columbia Business School.

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Protecting the public company model is of particular importance right now.

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There wasn’t much to celebrate as Robinhood approached its first anniversary as a public company in June 2022.

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Rumors that Palantir’s technology had played a role in locating Osama bin Laden were what first led business-owner Cohen to look into the company in 2015, years before Palantir became a public company.

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