# Shares Outstanding

## Definition

The number of outstanding shares of an investment trust or fund.

| Name                         | MetricID                | Unit   | Frequency |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------ | --------- |
| Grayscale Shares Outstanding | \*\_shares\_outstanding | Shares | 1d        |

The metric names are prefixed by the ticker symbol of the investment product, such as `gbtc_shares_outstanding` for Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust.

## Details

Shares outstanding are all the shares that have been authorized, issued and purchased by investors and are held by them.

## Release History

* Release Version. [Market Data Feed 2.4 (August 2021)](https://coinmetrics.io/cm-market-data-feed-v2-4-release-notes/)

## See Also

{% content-ref url="market-price" %}
[market-price](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/market-data/market-data-overview/institution-metrics-overview/grayscale/market-price)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="net-asset-value" %}
[net-asset-value](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/market-data/market-data-overview/institution-metrics-overview/grayscale/net-asset-value)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="coin-per-share" %}
[coin-per-share](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/market-data/market-data-overview/institution-metrics-overview/grayscale/coin-per-share)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="total-assets" %}
[total-assets](https://gitbook-docs.coinmetrics.io/market-data/market-data-overview/institution-metrics-overview/grayscale/total-assets)
{% endcontent-ref %}