The Motley Fool

JUNE 26, 2024

Unraveling Coca-Cola's stock-split history On Sept. 5, 1919, Coca-Cola debuted as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange at an initial public offering (IPO) price of $40 per share. Beverage colossus Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is a perfect example. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2023

Buffett tends to avoid technology stocks because he prefers to invest in businesses he understands, particularly those producing strong profits and those returning money to shareholders. But it just so happens that one tech stock, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , ticks both those boxes in a big way. And over that same period, it returned $554.3

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Goldman Sachs co-led The Walt Disney Company 's (NYSE: DIS) initial public offering in 1957, when the entertainment giant landed on the New York Stock Exchange at $13.88 Disney's stock has increased by nearly 5,000% since then as it attracted hundreds of millions of people to the box office and its theme parks.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 10, 2024

With a forward-stock split, companies are purposely reducing their nominal share price to make it more affordable for everyday investors and/or their employees. Meanwhile, a reverse-stock split is aimed at increasing a company's share price, often with the goal of meeting continued listing standards on a major stock exchange.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Forward-stock splits make a company's share price more nominally affordable for everyday investors, which can be particularly helpful for those without access to fractional-share purchases. Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits are designed to increase a company's share price to ensure continued listing on a major stock exchange.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

Meanwhile, a reverse-stock split increases a company's nominal share price to ensure continued listing on a major stock exchange. Though there have been instances in the past where companies enacting a reverse-stock split have gone on to make their shareholders richer (e.g.,

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

In 2012, Meta Platforms (then known as Facebook) made a big splash with its initial public offering. Snapchat and Pinterest went public in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Reddit 's (NYSE: RDDT) shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

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