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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Dataram is an independent manufacturer of memory products and provider of performance solutions. Co. provides customized memory solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and compatible memory for brands including Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo and Oracle as well as a line of memory products for Intel and AMD motherboard based servers. Co. manufactures its memory in-house and tests its memory for performance and OEM compatibility as part of the production process. Co.'s RAMDisk software product creates a virtual RAM drive, or block of memory, which a computer treats as if it were a disk drive. Co. sells its memory products to OEMs, distributors, resellers and end-users. According to our DRAM split history records, DRAM has had 7 splits. | |
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DRAM (DRAM) has 7 splits in our DRAM split history database. The first split for DRAM took place on April 06, 1992. This was a 3 for 1
split, meaning for each share of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 3 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 3000 share position following the split. DRAM's second split took place on August 12, 1992. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 3000 share position pre-split, became a 6000 share position following the split. DRAM's third split took place on December 04, 1998. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 6000 share position pre-split, became a 12000 share position following the split. DRAM's 4th split took place on December 16, 1999. This was a 3 for 2
split, meaning for each 2
shares of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 3 shares. For example, a 12000 share position pre-split, became a 18000 share position following the split. DRAM's 5th split took place on March 18, 2013. This was a 1 for 6 reverse split, meaning for each 6 shares of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 18000 share position pre-split, became a 3000 share position following the split. DRAM's 6th split took place on July 11, 2016. This was a 1 for 3 reverse split, meaning for each 3 shares of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 3000 share position pre-split, became a 1000 share position following the split. DRAM's 7th split took place on May 08, 2017. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of DRAM owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 250 share position following the split.
When a company such as DRAM 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 DRAM 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 DRAM split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 250 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into DRAM shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of DRAM, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete DRAM split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/22/2014 |
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End date: |
06/23/2017 |
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Start price/share: |
$33.84 |
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End price/share: |
$3.03 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-91.05% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-53.26% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$895.48 |
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Years: |
3.17 |
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Date |
Ratio |
04/06/1992 | 3 for 1
| 08/12/1992 | 2 for 1
| 12/04/1998 | 2 for 1
| 12/16/1999 | 3 for 2
| 03/18/2013 | 1 for 6 | 07/11/2016 | 1 for 3 | 05/08/2017 | 1 for 4 |
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