Banco Santander is engaged in all kinds of activities, operations and services inherent to the banking business in general and permitted by existing legislation, and the acquisition, holding, enjoyment and disposal of all kinds of securities. Co.'s operating areas include: Europe, North America, and South America. Co.'s secondary segments include: Retail Banking, which covers all customer banking businesses; Wealth Management and Insurance, which includes the asset management business; and Santander Global Platform, which is comprised of its global digital services under a single business unit, as well as 50% of the results generated by these services in the commercial network. We show 1 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of SAN's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of SAN shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like SAN 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 SAN by allowing them to research SAN shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |