A rising number of reverse stock splits has prompted the Nasdaq stock exchange to rein in the practice by requiring more advanced shareholder notice. Companies most often use a reverse stock split to ...

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Walmart (NYSE:WMT) recently surprised the market by splitting its stock 3-for-1. That means for every one WMT share you own you will now have three. The announcement was the first time in over 20 ...

Last summer, as Tesla's (TSLA) stock was hovering around $1,300, the firm’s colorful founder and CEO Elon Musk noted the shares were "too expensive, imo," adding that a greater chunk of the public ...

Home Depot (HD), McDonald's (MCD), and Comcast (CMCSA) are among the companies that have executed the most stock splits. A stock split is a corporate action that increases the number of a company's ...