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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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CalAmp is a connected intelligence company. Co.'s segments are: Software and Subscription Services, which provides telematics devices bundled with cloud-based application enablement and telematics service platforms that facilitate integration of its own applications, as well as those of third parties, through open application programming interfaces to deliver mobile Internet of Things solutions to its customers and markets; and Telematics Products, which provides a series of telematics products for the connected vehicle and emerging industrial IoT marketplace, which enable customers to collect, monitor and report information and desired intelligence from remote and mobile assets. According to our CalAmp stock split history records, CalAmp has had 2 splits. | |
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CalAmp (CAMP) has 2 splits in our CalAmp stock split history database. The first split for CAMP took place on March 25, 1996. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of CAMP owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 2000 share position following the split. CAMP's second split took place on February 02, 2024. This was a 1 for 23 reverse split, meaning for each 23 shares of CAMP owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 2000 share position pre-split, became a 86.9565217391304 share position following the split.
When a company such as CalAmp splits its shares, the market capitalization before and after the split takes place remains stable, meaning the shareholder now owns more shares but each are valued at a lower price per share. Often, however, a lower priced stock on a per-share basis can attract a wider range of buyers. If that increased demand causes the share price to appreciate, then the total market capitalization rises post-split. This does not always happen, however, often depending on the underlying fundamentals of the business. When a company such as CalAmp conducts a reverse share split, it is usually because shares have fallen to a lower per-share pricepoint than the company would like. This can be important because, for example, certain types of mutual funds might have a limit governing which stocks they may buy, based upon per-share price. The $5 and $10 pricepoints tend to be important in this regard. Stock exchanges also tend to look at per-share price, setting a lower limit for listing eligibility. So when a company does a reverse split, it is looking mathematically at the market capitalization before and after the reverse split takes place, and concluding that if the market capitilization remains stable, the reduced share count should result in a higher price per share.
Looking at the CalAmp stock split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 86.9565217391304 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into CalAmp shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of CAMP, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete CalAmp stock split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
05/06/2014 |
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End date: |
05/03/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$388.93 |
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End price/share: |
$3.68 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-99.05% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-37.25% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$94.65 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Ratio |
03/25/1996 | 2 for 1
| 02/02/2024 | 1 for 23 |
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