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 publicly traded company is one which has shares of stock traded on the open market. 1  Private companies, on the other hand, do not have shares available for public purchase. Private companies may be owned by an individual, a family, a partnership, employees, or a small group of investors. To illustrate the difference, consider Hershey and Mars, two of the largest candy companies in the world. The late Milton Hersheyâs chocolate business is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.