Ginkgo Bioworks currently has issued a total of 1,784,833,000 shares. Some of Ginkgo Bioworks' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Ginkgo Bioworks currently has a public float of 783,990,000 shares.