Verizon (ticker symbol: VZ) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Verizon (ticker symbol: VZC) also maintains a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange. The historical stock price graph is available on tablet and PC.
Definition: A publicly held company is a stock corporation in which the shares of stock are available to the public.
A holding company is a corporation that owns enough voting stock in another company to control its management and policies.Investing Basics. holding company exists for the sole purpose of controlling another company, which might also be a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, rather than for the purpose of producing its own goods or services.