# public float

> the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares

**Wikidata**: [Q283747](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283747)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_float)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-float


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BBC Things