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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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IFM Investments is an offshore holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in franchising the CENTURY 21® brand name and operation systems to regional sub-franchisees and outlet stores (collectively "franchisees") that are independently owned and operated. Co. provides operational and administrative services, tools and systems to franchisees, which are designed to assist franchisees in achieving increased revenue and profitability. Co. has four segments: Company-owned Brokerage Services, Franchise Services, Mortgage Management Services, and Primary and Commercial Services. According to our CTC split history records, CTC has had 2 splits. | |
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CTC (CTC) has 2 splits in our CTC split history database. The first split for CTC took place on January 02, 1997. This was a 4 for 1
split, meaning for each share of CTC owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 4 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 4000 share position following the split. CTC's second split took place on April 16, 2012. This was a 1 for 3 reverse split, meaning for each 3 shares of CTC owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 4000 share position pre-split, became a 1333.33333333333 share position following the split.
When a company such as CTC 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 CTC 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 CTC split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 1333.33333333333 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into CTC shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of CTC, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete CTC split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/29/2014 |
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End date: |
01/26/2015 |
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Start price/share: |
$1.04 |
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End price/share: |
$3.76 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
261.54% |
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Annualized Gain: |
350.96% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$36,154.00 |
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Years: |
0.75 |
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Date |
Ratio |
01/02/1997 | 4 for 1
| 04/16/2012 | 1 for 3 |
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