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Basic and diluted share counts across eight large caps

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Warrants vs Call Options: Key Differences.

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Basic and diluted share counts across eight large caps — 8 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickerbasic_shares_mdiluted_shares_mdilution_gap_pct
TSLA3214.73514.89.34
AMZN10590.710787.81.86
F3977.34009.50.81
NVDA24430.624619.60.77
PFE5675.257070.56
MSFT7433.274650.43
AAPL15003.215063.10.4
KO43054315.70.25
Rows × columns
8 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Basic and diluted share counts across eight large caps, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ticker text 8 distinct values (AAPL, AMZN, F…)
basic_shares_m number 3,214.7 to 24,430.6 count
diluted_shares_m number 3,514.8 to 24,619.6 count
dilution_gap_pct number 0.25 to 9.34 percent

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(avg(basic_m), 1)                              AS basic_shares_m,
    round(avg(diluted_m), 1)                            AS diluted_shares_m,
    round(100 * (avg(diluted_m) / avg(basic_m) - 1), 2) AS dilution_gap_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        t                                                AS ticker,
        period_end,
        max(toFloat64(basic_shares_outstanding)) / 1e6   AS basic_m,
        max(toFloat64(diluted_shares_outstanding)) / 1e6 AS diluted_m
    FROM global_markets.stocks_income_statements
    ARRAY JOIN tickers AS t
    WHERE t IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'AMZN', 'TSLA', 'KO', 'F', 'PFE')
      AND timeframe = 'quarterly'
      AND period_end >= '2024-07-01'
      AND basic_shares_outstanding > 0
      AND diluted_shares_outstanding > 0
    GROUP BY ticker, period_end
)
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY dilution_gap_pct DESC

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