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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Emerald Oil is an independent exploration and production company focused on acquiring acreage and developing oil and natural gas wells in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana. Co. designs, drills, and operates oil and natural gas wells on acreage where it holds a controlling working interest. Co. also participates in the drilling of oil and natural gas wells operated by other companies. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. controlled the rights to mineral leases covering approximately 122,000 net acres. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total proved reserves of 26.3 million barrels of oil equivalent, consisting of 22.8 million barrels of oil and 21.1 million cubic feet of natural gas. According to our EOX split history records, EOX has had 2 splits. | |
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EOX (EOX) has 2 splits in our EOX split history database. The first split for EOX took place on October 23, 2012. This was a 1 for 7 reverse split, meaning for each 7 shares of EOX owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 142.857142857143 share position following the split. EOX's second split took place on May 21, 2015. This was a 1 for 20 reverse split, meaning for each 20 shares of EOX owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 142.857142857143 share position pre-split, became a 7.14285714285714 share position following the split.
When a company such as EOX 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 EOX split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 7.14285714285714 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into EOX shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of EOX, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete EOX split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/11/2015 |
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End date: |
03/23/2016 |
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Start price/share: |
$21.40 |
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End price/share: |
$1.37 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-93.60% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-91.60% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$640.31 |
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Years: |
1.11 |
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Date |
Ratio |
10/23/2012 | 1 for 7 | 05/21/2015 | 1 for 20 |
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