Many big tech companies split their stocks over the past few years. Those events generated a lot of buzz and reduced their trading prices, but they didn't make the stocks fundamentally cheaper because ...
There's also some evidence that stocks outperform over the year following the stock split, according to research from Bank of America. That may be because stocks tend to be doing well when they ...
The average return after a stock split is announced in the year that follows is 25.4%. That's about a 13% greater return than the market over the same period. This chart lays it out nicely.
A stock split is a tool publicly traded companies can lean on to superficially adjust the share price and outstanding share count of their stock. This adjustment is cosmetic in the sense that it ...
And one major company -- Chipotle Mexican Grill-- even completed one of the New York Stock Exchange's biggest ever, a 50-for-1 split. Why do companies decide on such a move? Stock splits offer ...