Outstanding shares refer to the number of stocks that a company has issued. This number represents all the shares that can be bought and sold by the public as well as all the restricted shares that require special permission before being transacted.
Tesla (TSLA) Shares Outstanding (EOP) : 3,207 Mil (As of Sep. 2024)
Are More Shares Outstanding Good or Bad? Shares outstanding is just the amount of all the company's stock that's in the hands of its stockholders. By itself, it is not intrinsically good or bad.
The transfer agent and registrar for Tesla's common stock is Computershare Trust Company located at 250 Royall Street in Canton, MA 02021. Their telephone number is (800) 662-7232. Please contact Computershare for any questions about receiving stock certificates for your shares.
Investors can find the total number of outstanding shares a company has on its balance sheet. Outstanding shares can also be used to calculate some key financial metrics, including a company's market cap and its earnings per share. They are separate from treasury shares, which are held by the company itself.
The formula for calculating the shares outstanding consists of subtracting the shares repurchased from the total shares issued to date.
A publicly traded company's total number of shares outstanding can usually be found on their investor relations webpage, on stock exchanges' websites, or in the shareholder's equity section on a company's balance sheet as filed with an authorized information service like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.