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Software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has a long history of stock splits.Its share count has been reshuffled nine times so far, and a single share from 1987 would be a basket of 288 Microsoft ...
Source: Microsoft. Chart by author. If you owned one share of Microsoft at the time of its IPO in March 1986, you'd now hold 288 shares after the nine stock splits.That means your shares would be ...
Microsoft's stock plunged in the crash and took 17 years to reach the price it traded at in 2000. That's why Microsoft has only split once since 2000. That's why Microsoft has only split once ...
Five year history graph of Nasdaq: MSFT stock on July 17, 2013. [200] When Microsoft went public and launched its initial public offering (IPO) in 1986, the opening stock price was $21; after the trading day, the price closed at $27.75.
The stock, which eventually closed at $27.75 a share, peaked at $29.25 a share shortly after the market opened for trading. After the offering, Microsoft had a market capitalization of $519.777 million. [1] Microsoft has subsequently acquired over 225 companies, purchased stakes in 64 companies, and made 25 divestments. Of the companies that ...
When a stock splits, many charts show it similarly to a dividend payout and therefore do not show a dramatic dip in price. Taking the same example as above, a company with 100 shares of stock priced at $50 per share. The company splits its stock 2-for-1. There are now 200 shares of stock and each shareholder holds twice as many shares.
Microsoft initiated 2-for-1 stock splits in 1987 and 1990. It followed with two 3-for-2 stock splits in the early 1990s and five 2-for-1 splits between 1994 and 2003.
Amid the stock split talk, investors need to keep Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in mind. The current price of around $460 per share is well below the nominal prices at which stocks like Broadcom or ...