SpaceX will go public this week in what's expected to be a historic IPO. It's small "free float" could prompt outsize volatility when trading begins.

MSCI Inc. pointed to low free-float levels at some firms and continued limits on foreign ownership as among hurdles for ...

Some companies have large shareholders who don’t intend to sell their shares publicly. They include family or founding owners, officers of the company, private equity investors and, sometimes, other ...

A stock's float shows how many free-trading shares of a publicly-traded company exist. Float can be either a precise number of shares or a percentage of its total shares outstanding. Stock float, or ...

SpaceX’s free float is at roughly 4% or 5%, much lower compared to most companies that trade publicly.

Chandra Asri’s higher free float is expected to boost liquidity and attract more institutional investor inflows.