Questions tagged [stock-split]
For questions related to the various forms of stock splits, reverse stock splits (share consolidations), etc.
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what orders to be triggered after a stock splits?
i saw this question but really didn't think it was answered properly. Meaning there was no yes or no answer. The original question was: Can I use limit orders to be triggered after a stock splits?
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Confused about a reverse stock split
As far as I understand it, if a company does a reverse stock split you get less shares but they are worth more so your total holdings don't change. Is this correct?
The reason I ask is I purchased ...
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I am inheriting 1,000,000 shares of Oklahoma Energy Corp stock ; is it worthless OKOK stock or hopefully ONEOK or OGE stock ? Is OKOK 100% worthless?
Am inheriting 1,000,000 shares of Oklahoma Energy Corp Company Stock ; is this likely worthless OKOK stock - or - valuable publicly traded ONEOK or OGE stocks ?
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Is there a way for me to benefit from a call option I bought before a reverse split even if I'm out of the money?
I bought an "option to buy" contract of [email protected] for a 0.10 premium. $60 breakeven for [email protected]. Unfortunately the company had a 1/15 reverse split and now my contract is for 6/100 @0.5. Which ...
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What was the true stock price of TOPS ships back in the day?
Taking into account reverse splits, it couldn't have been the $173,000,000 a share. Aren't past prices adjusted as the different X's (example 20x) what it "actually was"? Youd have to ...
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Difference between Split Adjusted Stock price vs AdjClose
I know AdjClose contains any corporate change for stock price. I am doing some mathematical analysis for stocks and I want to know what is the difference for Split-Adjusted stock price vs AdjClose and ...
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Stock Splits -- What are surplus and capital accounts?
I just read this in The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham:
A stock split may be carried out by what technically may be called a stock dividend, which involves a transfer of sums from earned ...
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Why is there a huge discrepancy between the adjusted close and the close stock of this stock (ENDV)?
I have just noticed that back in October 2015, the ENDV stock was worth something around 80-100 dollars according to its adjusted close price (i.e. the one that google and yahoo finance show). However ...
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How HLT's 2017-01-04 stock split ratio is calculated?
I am trying to understand a discrepancy among a few stock split data sources. One such example is HLT's split on 2017-01-04 (see https://ir.hilton.com/spin-off-information). On this date, HLT spun off ...
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Losing profit after stock split
I bought stock in PNN.L through my broker. According to them I bought the $500 dollars worth at 34.3120172899627 units at 1031GBX each on the 11/05/2021. This stock increased in value and on 02/07/...
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I sold off my NVDA stock on June 21(record date) in after hours trade
I sold off my NVDA stock on june 21 after hours trade. I did not get any stock as dividend yet.
will I not get it ?
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Why doesn’t the stock price fall after the record date for a company splitting stock?
Consider Nvidia — they are splitting their stock 4:1 through a stock dividend. What was preventing someone from buying a share before ex dividend, holding it past the record date and selling, only to ...
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Is there any difference between a 2 for 1 stock split and a 100% stock dividend?
A 2:1 stock split, and a 100% stock dividend seem to have the same effect. Is this really the case, even behind the scenes? Is a 2:1 stock split just a synonym of a 100% stock dividend, or are there ...
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SEC filings: Apple number of shares
I'm experiencing some trouble in understanding the evolution of the Apple number of shares.
In particular, I am looking at its 10-Qs of 27 June 2020 and 26 December 2020. Here, I read that there were
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What happens to my shares if a company reverse splits its stock 10 to 1, but I own fewer than 10 shares? [duplicate]
Company A decides to do a reverse stock split and reduces the number of shares by, say 10 to 1.
Before the reverse split I only owned 7 Stocks on that company. How will this reverse stock split ...
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Determining cost basis in a SPAC unit split into stock and warrants
I bought 400 shares of IPOB.U at $11.84/unit. Each unit can be split into 1 share + 1/3 warrant when the holder desires (after the stock and warrants start trading freely, but not before.)
I called my ...
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Will I eventually own 100% of the shares if my stock keeps on splitting? [closed]
I want to become a board director and in this question How do I get a seat on the board of directors? people told me that I need lots of shares to be seriously considered for the job.
I will need lots ...
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How do I stop a stock split?
If a stock split is coming soon and the company did not bother to consult shareholders before deciding to do the stock split, do I have the right to resist the split? How can I stop the stock split? ...
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How does Ameritrade determine the amount of a reorganization fee for a reverse stock split (BIOC) & how does the fee affect income taxes?
How does Ameritrade determine the amount of the Mandatory Reorganization Fee for a reverse stock split by BIOC? I read a previous comment where the stockholder was charged $20 by Ameritrade several ...
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Can I use limit orders to be triggered after a stock splits?
I recently had an issue where I was trying to get a couple of shares of a stock about to split. I'm a micro-investor, so I was only able to afford shares after the split, and not enough to buy a whole ...
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Fractional share left after a reverse split
I have a short position. It reverse split and now I’m left with a fractional share.
How do I buy to cover on E*Trade when it won’t accept the .5 share along with the others? Why wouldn’t they round ...
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How to get in on the apple stock split if I only have $450 to invest?
Do I check the price at close on Friday and then set up a stop limit order at a quarter of that price? I am trying to figure out how to be ready for when the market opens on Monday morning to get in ...
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Question About Stock Splits [duplicate]
Tesla Inc. (TSLA) recently announced a 5-for-1 stock split. The split takes effect on August 31 for each shareholder of record on August 21.
So, what happens to people that buy shares of Tesla after ...
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With fractional shares available why do we still have stock splits? [duplicate]
I understand how before you would need to do a stock split when the company value surges since it is not easy for a "poor" diversified investor to have a $2000 stock in his portfolio, but ...
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Why has Games Workshop Group not split their stock? [duplicate]
After a long period of relative malaise, the Games Workshop miniature wargaming company seems to have attained enormous heights of financial success starting around 2017. After spending a while ...
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When am I entitled to participate in a stock split? — record date, split date, ex date
Stock split announcements usually mention a few dates — record date ("date of record"), split date ("distribution date", "pay date", or "payment date"), ex date ...
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How does stock split work in practice with short sellers?
Using Tesla as an example who announced a coming 5-1 stock split yesterday
According to the press release, people that own Tesla stocks on or before Aug 21st will receive an additional 4 shares as ...
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Mechanics of forward stock split
Apple (AAPL) recently announced that they'll undergo a 4:1 stock split. Here are the relevant dates per a CNBC article:
The shares will be distributed to shareholders at the close of business on ...
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Apple stock split posting in yahoo finance
Will the AAPL stock split automatically show up in my yahoo finance portfolio, or will I have to do it manually?
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Why do stock exchanges have minimum share price requirements?
Most stock exchanges have rules about minimum share prices, below which a stock may be suspended or delisted from the exchange after a grace period. For example, the New York Stock Exchange requires a ...
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Can companies use reverse stock splits to liquidate my shares at unfavourable prices?
Suppose a stock is currently selling at $0.50, which I think is a severe undervaluation. Suppose I own 700 shares of this stock, and I don't intend to sell at the current price because of the severe ...
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Cheating the market by exploiting the difference between stock and option settlement periods?
This is sort of a follow-up question from: A few questions about stock investing
After reading Baerker's answer, an interesting thought came to mind. Can a market manipulator exploit the settlement ...
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A few questions about stock investing
(1) What happens if I buy a stock before it splits? For example,
I buy 100 shares of A at $10 dollars per share a day before a 2:1 split. With T+2, delivery will be after the stock split. Does the ...
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Stock splits and futures/options contracts
Let's say a company's stock is going to get split into two. All derivative contracts, such as options and futures, will be adjusted accordingly, of course.
When are the futures and options contracts ...
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Can reverse stock splits create fractional shares with infinitely repeating decimals?
Suppose I own 1 share of company A. Company A then decides to undergo a 1 for 3 reverse stock split. After the reverse split, I will own 1/3 shares (i.e. 0.333333... shares). The number of shares I ...
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Do stop orders get triggered by stock splits?
Situation 1: Suppose I have a stop-loss order in place, and the company's shares split 2 for 1. As a result of the split, the company's share price will halve. Will the stop-loss order be triggered? ...
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What happens to options held during a reverse stock split?
I held 1 put option for 100 shares of USO that expires on May 8. Yesterday, USO underwent an 8:1 reverse stock split. My options are now for USO1 instead of USO, but what does that mean?
The strike ...
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What is the cost basis of fractional shares closed during stock-split from multiple lots?
I bought shares in XYZ three different times:
2017: +100
2018: +150
2019: +160
At this point, I have a total of 410 shares.
In 2020, the stock split with a ratio of 971 to 1000, which is a ...
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UCO reverse split make average cost cut in half
Before the 2020 April reverse split of UCO Proshare, I hold 39797 shares of UCO with an average cost of 1.4282 USD/share.
After the 1-25 reverse split, as far as I understand, the number of shares ...
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When does a reverse stock split change the stock's trading price
I own 4730 shares of TBLT stock. A few days ago, a 1:10 reverse stock split was approved by the board of directors with an effective date of April 15, 2020. Does the split take effect before the start ...
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Why don't companies, whose share price plunged, reverse stock split to boost it?
COVID-19 has caused many large-caps' stocks to tumble like Spirit, Husky Energy ($2.75). Why don't they reverse stock split to uplift their share prices? Here are some benefits of unsplitting:
A high ...
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How do reverse stock splits affect my holding period for tax purposes?
Suppose I buy one share of stock in AAPL.
6 months later I buy another share.
6 months later AAPL does a 2:1 reverse split and I sell the resulting share.
Would I pay short term or long term ...
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Is it possible to calculate share price previous to stock split based on adjusted close price?
The price of NSE:HDFCBANK was around Rs. 2K+ before it split on 19-Sep-2019. I am using AlphaVantage to get stock price for NSE:HDFCBANK. It does not show the stock price before stock split as Rs. 2K+....
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Can a stock split after its face value reaches ₹1?
Can a stock split after its face value reaches ₹1? Will the face value be less than 1?I am speaking in terms of the Indian stock market. Yes face value means par value.
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Why does stock / ETF data go FUBAR?
I hold units in the JNK junk bond ETF. On April 1st, it underwent a three-to-one reverse split so that three units were converted to one unit after the reverse split. That meant the unit price went ...
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Buyback & Split
I receive stock options as part of my compensation package. The stock split a few years ago and rumor has been its about time to split again. Then the company announced a pretty big stock buyback ...
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Which stock has split more than once in the past five years?
For testing reasons I am looking for a stock that has been split more than once in the past five years.
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Stock Split seems not to have changed the Share Price. Why?
I was recently looking at the financial charts of TCS(Tata Consultancy Services) and noticed that the TCS offered 1:1 bonus on 31st May, 2018.
I noticed that the price of the share stock did not ...
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Do knock-out call options become worthless when the underlying stock is split?
Suppose you own KO call options based on a stock. The knock-out level would be at $90, the stock currently is at $100. But then the stock is split 1:2, so suddenly the stock is worth $50.
Do the ...
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Are dividends on YahooFinance adjusted for splits?
Here is an example from YahooFinance of dividends paid over time.
I assume these numbers are USD - is this correct?
My other question is if these dividends are adjusted for splits? In this example ...
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