Stock split
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title:
Stock split
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A stock split or stock divide increases the number of shares in a company. For example, after a 2-for-1 split, each investor will own double the number of shares, and each share will be worth half as much. A stock split causes a decrease of market price of individual shares, but does not change the total market capitalization of the company: stock dilution does not occur. A company may split its stock when the market price per share is so high that it becomes unwieldy when traded. One of the rea
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Increasing the number of shares in a company, without dilution or change in total capitalization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_split
date created:
2003-08-10T17:35:39Z
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2024-09-12T17:53:12Z
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