It could be a stock-split summer on Wall Street. Some of a flurry of recently announced splits are nearing completion, with potential consequences for the
Investors love stock splits because they provide the illusion of getting something for nothing, although logically, they shouldn’t really matter. Cutting a 16-inch pizza into 16 slices rather than eight doesn’t create more food.
But splits hint at underlying financial success, suggesting a stock has gotten so high that the price needs to be made more accessible to allow small investors to buy. And at least initially, they tend to boost share prices.
Monday will be the first trading day following a 20-for-1 split in Amazon.com shares that the company (ticker: AMZN) announced on March 9.
Amazon
stock initially got a lift in response, though worries about a slowdown for e-commerce businesses generally have been weighing on the shares. The price is now down about 12% since the split plan was revealed.
There are other high-profile splits in the offing. Google’s parent,
អក្ខរក្រម
(GOOGL), has declared a 20-for-1 split that is set to take effect in mid-July.
ក្រុមហ៊ុន tesla
(TSLA) also បានប្រកាស that it intends to split its stock, but hasn’t disclosed the ratio or timing.
GameStop
(GME) likewise has asked shareholders to expand their share-issuance authorization to enable a split, but it hasn’t announced any specific ratio or timing.
ផ្លែប៉ោម
គឺ the latest high-profile tech company to complete a split, dividing its stock 4-for-1 in 2020.
One potential advantage of the Amazon and Alphabet splits is that they could make the shares more realistic additions to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Adding high-price shares to the Dow is problematic because the index is weighted according to price, so the same percentage change in a high-price stock moves the index more than for a low-price one. Adding a stock with a price in the four-digit range would instantly give it the most influence in the index.
The splits cure that problem, but it is also worth remembering that changes in Dow components occur infrequently. The last shifts came in August 2020, with
Amgen
,
Honeywell
,
និង
Salesforce.com
added to the index, replacing
ក្រុមហ៊ុន Exxon Mobil
,
Pfizer
,
and Raytheon.
It isn’t hard to come up with a list of other potential split candidates: There are plenty of stocks with above-average prices.
Booking.com
(BKNG) would be an obvious choice, with the stock lately trading for about $2,212. Other tech stocks with prices above the $400 level include
Equinix
(EQIX), ASML (ASML),
Broadcom
(AVGO),
ការស្រាវជ្រាវឡាំ
(អិលអេសអិមអេស)
ServiceNow ។
(ឥឡូវនេះ),
កម្មវិធី Adob e
(ADBE) and
វិចារណញាណ
(អ៊ីនធីយូ) ។
Outside of tech, some obvious targets include Alleghany (Y),
អូរេលលីលរថយន្ត
(ORLY) and BlackRock (BLK).
On Wednesday, Amazon shares were 0.8% higher at $2,423.06, or a little over $121 on a post-split basis.
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