And its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange--which split 300-to-1 in February--have more than doubled over the past year.
Oh, did we mention the first thing they did with their stock was split it 25-to-1? 25 to freaking 1, man!
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The results are adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split that occurred on May 20.
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Salesforce.com is setting the stage for a 4-for-1 stock split.
Buying in 10% of the shares is mathematically identical to paying a special dividend equivalent to 10% of the market cap and then declaring a 9-for-10 reverse stock split.
This post-IPO stock, after the split with ConocoPhillips, has been running nicely and finally settled into a consolidation.
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Don't stop with a split-up of balanced portfolios into stock and bond halves.
Apple and Google are run by feisty operators who stockpile tons of cash but refuse to split their stock to the median level of mid-fifties.
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Citigroup also announced a 1-to-10 reverse split of its stock.
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In a word, individual investors remain split over the short-term direction of stock prices.
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More than a year ago shareholders voted to approve a reverse split to get the stock price back above the Nasdaq-mandated price point, should it have become necessary.
While the stock price has doubled over the past year (it will split 2-for-1 in late May), Longbow Research's David S. MacGregor likes that the company is active in the growing South and that it operates both a recycling business and a global distribution operation that can offset downturns in domestic steel demand.
If I could write I note to Steve Jobs, I would tell him to split his stock three to four for one and it would be above 300-320 in a New York minute!
Nearly one-third of Jacobs' portfolio is in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index ( VTSMX) , with the rest split among small- and mid-caps, including Baron Small Cap ( BSCFX) , Berger Mid Cap Value ( BEMVX) and Artisan Mid Cap Value ( ARTQX) .
An investor who split his investments evenly between the two indexes would have outperformed a foreign-stock investor soundly.
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Google co-founders LarryPageLarry Page and SergeyBrinSergey Brin so far have resisted requests to split their company's stock so more people could afford to buy a few shares.
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