Stock splits are no longer as routine as they were a couple of decades ago, but a string of high-profile ones has put the subject back in the spotlight. In 2025, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX | NFLX Price ...

Public companies are always happy when their stock prices rise. But sometimes a company is so successful that its stock price rises too high. For that reason, it may implement a stock split. A stock ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A standard stock split will increase the number of shares you own -- while decreasing the value of each share, proportionately. That last bit in italics is important, because it explains why stock ...

Earlier this year, several prominent companies announced stock splits this year, including Nvidia (NVDA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Broadcom (AVGO), and MicroStrategy (MSTR). Cloud company Arista ...

After splitting its shares in March 2022, Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) saw a 5% jump the following day. The timing of Amazon’s split wasn’t ideal as technology stocks plummeted throughout the spring and ...

On June 7, shareholders of Nvidia will have a significant number of additional shares in their portfolio as the chipmaker enacts a 10-to-1 stock split. It’s an opportunity for the company to make its ...

Investors tend to cheer stock splits. They impact shareholders, but not necessarily in the way you'd expect. Stock splits are a pretty straightforward concept. Suppose you have a pizza, cut into eight ...

Stock splits are back in fashion, but a small club of high-priced names has refused to play along for decades, even as peers embrace splits to court retail investors. AutoZone (AZO) and Goldman Sachs ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...