> This is the amount that would be required to buy all the stock and thereby gain 100% ownership.
This is not true. Stock price is marginal price of a share -- the point at which all sellers are askin more than all buyers are accepting, not the price that every share would sell for.
This is not true. Stock price is marginal price of a share -- the point at which all sellers are askin more than all buyers are accepting, not the price that every share would sell for.