Last year, the words "stock split" rang out across the market pretty often. Some of the world's biggest and most exciting ...

Netflix is the world's largest streaming platform for movies and TV shows, and it continues to extend its lead over the ...

Stock splits allow companies to increase how many shares of their stock are in circulation while decreasing share price accordingly such that the total market value of the company remains the same.

To provide an example, let's say Apple (AAPL) decides to do a 2-for-1 stock split. For simplicity's sake, assume you own one share of Apple's stock. With its 2-to-1 split, Apple grants you one ...

The examples below explain how the most common stock split ratios work: 2 for 1 split: The simplest stock split is the 2 for 1 split, where you multiply the amount of outstanding shares by 2 and ...

Netflix stock opened for trading at a split-adjusted $111.02 on July 16, 2015, after the seven-for-one split. A $1,000 investment at the time could have bought 9.01 Netflix shares. Today, that $1,000 ...

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Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing soared over 100% during the last 12 months, placing the chip giant in rare company -- the trillion-dollar club.