peanut, The peanut, also known as the groundnut and the goober and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, being important to both small and large commercial producers.
Definition of outstanding shares: The number of ordinary shares that, after their issue, have been sold to and are being held by shareholders. Computation of dividend, and the market capitalization of a publicly traded company, are ...
BREAKING DOWN 'Controlling Interest'. For the majority of large public companies (such as those that belong to the S&P 500), a shareholder with much less than 50% of the outstanding shares can still cause a lot of shake-up at the company.hen one shareholder or a group acting in kind holds a high enough percentage of ownership in a company to enact changes at the highest level. By definition, this figure is 50% of the outstanding shares or voting shares, plus one.