Listed company

How it is used

Listed companies must publish financial results, announce important events and follow governance rules. A company gets listed through an IPO, can be delisted, or can be dual-listed on two exchanges. Americans often say 'public company' or 'publicly traded company'.

Example sentences

1. As a listed company, we must disclose any major contract on the same day.

2. There are now more than 500 listed companies on the exchange.

Common collocations

• listed company
• become a listed company
• publicly listed
• dual-listed
• delisted

Related terms

• IPOShort for initial public offering: the first time a private company sells its shares to the public and lists them on a stock exchange.
• stock exchangeAn organisation that runs a regulated market where shares and other securities are listed and traded, such as Borsa Istanbul or the New York Stock Exchange.
• free floatThe part of a company's shares that can actually be traded on the market, excluding shares held by controlling owners, the state or other long-term holders.
• shareholderA person or organisation that owns one or more shares in a company and therefore owns part of it, with rights such as voting and receiving dividends.
• ticker symbolA short code of letters that identifies a company's shares on a stock exchange, used on trading screens and in price lists.

More terms: Stocks & Shares

• stock
• share
• share price
• equity
• blue-chip stock
• growth stock
• small-cap