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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Baidu Inc is a Chinese language Internet search provider. Co. offers a Chinese language search platform on its Baidu.com Website that enables users to find information online, including Webpages, news, images, documents and multimedia files, through links provided on its Website. Co. operates through two segments, Baidu Core segment and iQIYI segment. Baidu Core mainly provides search-based, feed-based, and other online marketing services, as well as products and services from the Co.'s new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. According to our BIDU split history records, Baidu has had 1 split. | |
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Baidu (BIDU) has 1 split in our BIDU split history database. The split for BIDU took place on May 12, 2010. This was a 10 for 1 split, meaning for each share of BIDU owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 10 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 10000 share position following the split.
When a company such as Baidu 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 BIDU split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 10000 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Baidu shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of BIDU, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete BIDU split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/29/2015 |
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End date: |
04/25/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$219.00 |
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End price/share: |
$90.74 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-58.57% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-8.44% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$4,141.55 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
05/12/2010 | 10 for 1 |
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