Market capital
Market capitalization is just a fancy name for a
straightforward concept: it is the market value of a company's outstanding
shares. This figure is found by taking the stock price and multiplying it by
the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if ABC was trading at 20
per share and had a million shares outstanding, then the market capitalization
would be 20 million (20 x 1 million shares). It's that simple.
Authorized capital
The authorised capital of a company (sometimes referred to
as the authorised share capital or the nominal capital, particularly in the United States)
is the maximum amount of share capital that the company is authorised by its
constitutional documents to issue to shareholders. Part of the authorised
capital can (and frequently does) remain unissued.
Paid-Up Capital
The total amount of shareholder capital that has been paid
in full by shareholders.
Paid-up capital is essentially the portion of authorized
stock that the company has issued and received payment for.
Relation between
Authorized capital and Paid-up Capital
If company ABC has an authorized capital of 1000mn, and
paid-up capital of 200mn, it is still allowed to issue a value of 800mn
(1000mn-200mn=800mn).
How a Company
increases its paid-up capital?
A company can increase its paid-up capital when it needs. Procedures
are issuing right shares, issuing bonds and allotting stock dividend.