What is Millennial Media Shares Outstanding (Basic Average)?
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Millennial Media's average basic shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 140.4 Mil.
Millennial Media Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Millennial Media's Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Millennial Media Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Chart
Millennial Media Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Calculation
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
Please note: GuruFocus named Shares Outstanding (EOP) is the shares for that exact time point. It is usually used to calculate balance sheet related items, such as Book Value per Share, etc. While Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) and Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) are the weighted average shares over a period of time (a year, a quarter, or so). They are usually used to calculate income statement or cashflow statement related items, such as Earnings per Share (Diluted), etc.
Millennial Media (NYSE:MM) Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Explanation
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Be Aware
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
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Millennial Media (Millennial Media) Business Description
Millennial Media Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on May 30, 2006. It is an independent mobile advertising platform company. It offers advertisers audience reach, targeting capabilities and deliver rich and engaging ad experiences to consumers on their mobile connected devices. The Company's proprietary technology and data platform, known as MYDAS, determines in real-time which ad to deliver, to whom and when, with the goal of optimizing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns regardless of device type or operating system. It helps developers and advertisers remove complexity from mobile advertising. It provides tools and services to developers that allow their apps to display banner ads, interactive rich media ads and video ads from its platform. By partnering with it, developers gain access to advertising campaigns from advertiser clients as well as smaller performance-based advertisers. Through its mMedia portal, developers can download and integrate its software development kits, or SDKs, into their apps at no cost to them. The Company offers developers sophisticated reporting and analytics through an integrated dashboard on its mMedia portal, which includes comprehensive ad revenue generation reports for their apps across all major mobile operating systems. It offers all developers support through its mMedia portal, as well as various webinars, blogs and, in some cases, support from account managers. It has 72 issued patents, including U.S. and international. The Company is subject to U.S. and foreign laws and regulations that are applicable to companies engaged in the business of advertising on mobile devices. The Company is also subject to privacy and data protection laws.
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