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Move Over, Walmart and Chipotle: Wall Street Has a New Stock-Split Stock

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Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits aim to increase a company's share price to ensure it meets the minimum listing requirements on a major stock exchange. For all intents and purposes, most investors seek out companies enacting forward-stock splits.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett Sold 56% of Berkshire's Stake in Apple and Is Piling Into Wall Street's Most Prominent Reverse Stock Split of 2024

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During Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in early May, he opined that the corporate tax rate would likely climb in the future. To add to this point, Berkshire's chief has continued to praise Apple's business, even as he sizably pared down his company's No. 1 position.

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Meet the Stock-Split Stock I've More Than Quadrupled My Stake In This Year (Hint: It's Not Nvidia, Broadcom, or Chipotle Mexican Grill)

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By comparison, a reverse-stock split is designed to increase a company's share price, often with the purpose of ensuring it meets the minimum listing standards on a major stock exchange. Investors usually focus their attention on high-flying companies enacting forward-stock splits.

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This Company Is Quickly Becoming a Leader in AI -- and Its Not Nvidia, Alphabet, or Microsoft

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Palantir is nearly 20 years old, yet it only went public about three years ago. Since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in late 2020, Palantir stock has been no stranger to the highs and lows of public company scrutiny. Government and its support from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel.

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3 Stock-Split Stocks That Can Skyrocket Up to 130%, According to Select Wall Street Analysts

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A stock split is a tool publicly traded companies can lean on to cosmetically alter their share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. I say "cosmetically," because stock splits have no effect on a company's market cap or its operating performance. Image source: Getty Images.

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Nvidia Recently Completed a 10-for-1 Stock Split, and These 2 "Magnificent Seven" Members Look Ready to Follow in Its Footsteps

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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. Although some reverse-stock splits can be long-term winners, most investors tend to focus their attention on public companies conducting forward splits.

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Meet the Unique Stock-Split Stock Warren Buffett Has More Than Tripled His Stake In

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billion more in stocks than they've collectively purchased between Oct. As I alluded to earlier, most reverse splits are aimed at keeping a company's shares listed on a major stock exchange. But Sirius XM is in no danger of delisting, which makes it unique among companies conducting reverse-stock splits.

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