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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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magicJack VocalTec owns a micro-processor chip design company, an appserver and session border controller company, a wholesale provider of voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services, a softphone company, and the developer and provider of the magicJack device. Co. also wholesales telephone service to VoIP providers and telecommunication carriers. Co.'s product and service offerings include: magicJack devices, which are VoIP devices that allow customers to receive VoIP phone service for their home, enterprise or while traveling; and mobile apps, which are applications that allow users to make and receive telephone calls through their smart phones using their magicJack account. According to our CALL split history records, CALL has had 3 splits. | |
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CALL (CALL) has 3 splits in our CALL split history database. The first split for CALL took place on July 19, 2010. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of CALL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 200 share position following the split. CALL's second split took place on December 19, 2011. This was a 2 for 1 split, meaning for each share of CALL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 200 share position pre-split, became a 400 share position following the split. CALL's third split took place on November 28, 2005. This was a 1 for 13 reverse split, meaning for each 13 shares of CALL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 400 share position pre-split, became a 30.7692307692308 share position following the split.
When a company such as CALL 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 CALL 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 CALL split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 30.7692307692308 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into CALL shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of CALL, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete CALL split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
05/01/2015 |
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End date: |
11/14/2018 |
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Start price/share: |
$6.59 |
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End price/share: |
$8.67 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
31.56% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
8.05% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$13,155.72 |
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Years: |
3.54 |
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Date |
Ratio |
07/19/2010 | 1 for 5 | 12/19/2011 | 2 for 1 | 11/28/2005 | 1 for 13 |
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