What does market capitalization mean?

What the stock market says the company's equity is worth.

How do you interpret market capitalization?

A size and market-sentiment gauge, not a quality measure — interpret through valuation ratios (P/E, P/S) that relate it to fundamentals.

How does market capitalization compare across companies?

Comparable across companies as a size class; the input to every equity-price valuation multiple.

Constellation Brands STZ Market capitalization

Market capitalization at other companies

Keurig Dr PepperKDP

$35.77B-22.9%

PepsiCoPEP

$212.27B+3.2%

Monster BeverageMNST

$70.86B+24.4%

Coca-ColaKO

$327.33B+6.2%

StarbucksSBUX

$102.07B-8.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.9B-11.3%

Gross profit$951.7M-14.6%

Operating income$441.6M—

Net income$201.8M+154%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$102.4M+50.4%

Total debt$10.6B-1.0%

Total equity$8.1B+17.4%

Total assets$21.9B+1.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$562.8M-5.4%

CapEx$218.9M-22.5%

Free cash flow$343.9M+10.2%

Valuation

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Enterprise value$34.34B—

P/E14.1×—

P/S2.6×—

Profitability

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Gross margin51.6%-0.5pp

Operating margin29.8%—

Net margin18.5%+17.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity22.5%+21.6pp

Debt / equity1.3×-0.2×

Current ratio1.1×+0.2×

Questions, answered.

What does market capitalization mean?: What the stock market says the company's equity is worth.
How do you interpret market capitalization?: A size and market-sentiment gauge, not a quality measure — interpret through valuation ratios (P/E, P/S) that relate it to fundamentals.
How does market capitalization compare across companies?: Comparable across companies as a size class; the input to every equity-price valuation multiple.