After going public 18 months ago with a small float, Hornbeck found its lack of liquidity dismayed institutional buyers.
Typically, a small float causes stocks to fluctuate more when news is disseminated.
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One caveat about buying Dawson is that the stock has a very small float of just 5.1 million shares (and 5.6 million total outstanding shares), even after a recent secondary stock offering to finance the purchase of more equipment and to hire more crews to fill its nine-month backlog of orders for service.
It is struggling to attract customers, and has lead many investors to complete sum-of-the-parts valuations: Many believe Sears will either liquidate or that Lampert will buy the small public float that remains.
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Equipped with sophisticated cameras, infrared sensors and other detection equipment, the small blimps often float 2, 000 feet over an area to keep a round-the-clock watch.
Of the 85 or so listed Internet companies, most are tiddlers, which float only a small fraction of their shares.
The marketplace for this small company with limited public float has absorbed over 12 million new shares in just a few weeks.
The small print on Sportingbet's 2001 float paperwork reportedly stated that that the directors had been advised that some of the firm's activities violated the federal Wire Act.
In this update of the Flying Saucers concept, giant tires float on a cushion of air supplied by a bunch of small air jets.
Right now the likelihood is that Lloyds will eventually opt to float Verde on the stock market - although there is a small possibility that it will revive talks on selling it to NBNK, the company specially created to buy banks by Lord Levene.
While rats can swim or float for up to four days, they may get trapped without air in small pipes and crannies as they seek higher ground, Leirs told LiveScience.
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