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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Aeterna Zentaris is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a biopharmaceutical company commercializing and developing therapeutics and diagnostic tests. Co.'s primary product, macimorelin, is an oral test indicated for the diagnosis of patients with adult growth hormone deficiency. Macimorelin is marketed in the U.S. under the tradename Macrilen through a license agreement with Novo Nordisk. According to our AEZS split history records, AEZS has had 4 splits. | |
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AEZS (AEZS) has 4 splits in our AEZS split history database. The first split for AEZS took place on October 05, 2012. This was a 1 for 6 reverse split, meaning for each 6 shares of AEZS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 166.666666666667 share position following the split. AEZS's second split took place on November 20, 2015. This was a 1 for 100 reverse split, meaning for each 100 shares of AEZS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 166.666666666667 share position pre-split, became a 1.66666666666667 share position following the split. AEZS's third split took place on July 21, 2022. This was a 1 for 25 reverse split, meaning for each 25 shares of AEZS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1.66666666666667 share position pre-split, became a 0.0666666666666667 share position following the split. AEZS's 4th split took place on May 03, 2024. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of AEZS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 0.0666666666666667 share position pre-split, became a 0.0166666666666667 share position following the split.
When a company such as AEZS 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 AEZS split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 0.0166666666666667 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into AEZS shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of AEZS, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete AEZS split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
11/11/2014 |
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End date: |
08/08/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$5,900.00 |
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End price/share: |
$5.72 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-99.90% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-50.93% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$9.70 |
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Years: |
9.75 |
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Date |
Ratio |
10/05/2012 | 1 for 6 | 11/20/2015 | 1 for 100 | 07/21/2022 | 1 for 25 | 05/03/2024 | 1 for 4 |
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