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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Egypt Index (the Index). The Fund would normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities, which comprise the Fund's index. The Index provides exposure to publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Egypt or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Egypt. As of Dec 31 2013, the Fund's total assets were $58,105,015 and its investment portfolio was valued at $48,647,884. According to our EGPT split history records, EGPT has had 1 split. | |
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EGPT (EGPT) has 1 split in our EGPT split history database. The split for EGPT took place on July 01, 2013. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of EGPT 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 EGPT 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 EGPT 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 EGPT shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of EGPT, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete EGPT split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/12/2015 |
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End date: |
03/21/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$61.30 |
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End price/share: |
$21.48 |
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Starting shares: |
163.13 |
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Ending shares: |
196.08 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$4.99 |
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Total return: |
-57.88% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-9.06% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$4,211.02 |
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Years: |
9.11 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/12/2015 |
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End date: |
03/21/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$61.30 |
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End price/share: |
$21.48 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$4.99 |
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Total return: |
-56.82% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-8.81% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$4,317.63 |
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Years: |
9.11 |
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Date |
Ratio |
07/01/2013 | 1 for 4 |
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