Arch Capital Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries and, through operations in Bermuda, the U.S., Europe and Canada, Co. writes lines of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, as well as mortgage insurance and reinsurance, on a worldwide basis. Co. has three segments: insurance, which writes business on both an admitted and non-admitted basis; reinsurance, which writes business on both a proportional and non-proportional basis and writes both treaty and facultative business; and mortgage, which operations include U.S. and international mortgage insurance and reinsurance operations as well as government sponsored enterprise credit risk-sharing transactions. We show 42 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of ACGL's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of ACGL shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like ACGL versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching ACGL by allowing them to research ACGL shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
Video: Shares Outstanding Importance
