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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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FirstMerit is a bank holding company. Co. operates through FirstMerit Bank N.A and its other subsidiaries. Co.'s lines of business are: commercial, which provides a range of lending, depository, and related financial services; retail, which provides a range of retail financial products and services including consumer direct and indirect installment loans; wealth, which provides a range of asset management, private banking, financial planning, estate settlement and administration; and other, which includes activities that are not directly attributable to one of the three principal lines of business. At Dec 31 2015, Co. had total assets of $25.52 billion and total deposits of $20.11 billion. According to our FMER split history records, FMER has had 3 splits. | |
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FMER (FMER) has 3 splits in our FMER split history database. The first split for FMER took place on September 28, 1993. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of FMER 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. FMER's second split took place on September 30, 1997. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of FMER owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 2000 share position pre-split, became a 4000 share position following the split. FMER's third split took place on May 28, 2009. This was a 10067 for 10000 split, meaning for each 10000 shares of FMER owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 10067 shares. For example, a 4000 share position pre-split, became a 4026.8 share position following the split.
When a company such as FMER 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.
Looking at the FMER split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 4026.8 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into FMER shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of FMER, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete FMER split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/25/2014 |
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End date: |
08/16/2016 |
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Start price/share: |
$19.13 |
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End price/share: |
$21.61 |
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Starting shares: |
522.74 |
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Ending shares: |
564.75 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$1.48 |
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Total return: |
22.04% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
9.00% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$12,205.13 |
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Years: |
2.31 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/25/2014 |
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End date: |
08/16/2016 |
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Start price/share: |
$19.13 |
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End price/share: |
$21.61 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$1.48 |
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Total return: |
20.70% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
8.48% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$12,070.91 |
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Years: |
2.31 |
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Date |
Ratio |
09/28/1993 | 2 for 1
| 09/30/1997 | 2 for 1
| 05/28/2009 | 10067 for 10000 |
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