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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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XPO is a provider of freight transportation services. Co.'s North American Less-than-Truckload (LTL) segment provides its customers with geographic density and day-definite regional, inter-regional and transcontinental LTL freight services, including cross-border U.S. service to and from Mexico and Canada, as well as intra-Canada service. In Co.'s Brokerage and Other Services segment shippers create the truckload demand and Co. places their freight with qualified carriers, pricing its service on either a spot or contract basis, and this segment also includes last mile logistics for heavy goods sold through e-commerce, omnichannel retail and direct-to-consumer channels. According to our XPO stock split history records, XPO has had 3 splits. | |
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XPO (XPO) has 3 splits in our XPO stock split history database. The first split for XPO took place on September 02, 2011. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of XPO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 250 share position following the split. XPO's second split took place on August 02, 2021. This was a 1718 for 1000 split, meaning for each 1000 shares of XPO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1718 shares. For example, a 250 share position pre-split, became a 429.5 share position following the split. XPO's third split took place on November 01, 2022. This was a 1683 for 1000 split, meaning for each 1000 shares of XPO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1683 shares. For example, a 429.5 share position pre-split, became a 722.8485 share position following the split.
When a company such as XPO 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 XPO 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 XPO stock split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 722.8485 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into XPO shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of XPO, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete XPO stock split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/01/2014 |
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End date: |
03/28/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$10.30 |
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End price/share: |
$122.03 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
1,084.76% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
28.05% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$118,440.88 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
09/02/2011 | 1 for 4 | 08/02/2021 | 1718 for 1000 | 11/01/2022 | 1683 for 1000 |
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