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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Equinox Gold is principally engaged in the operation, development and exploration of gold projects. Co. operates entirely in the Americas, with properties in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. Co.'s principal product is gold dore. The principal buyers of gold dore produced from Co.'s mines, once refined, are international bullion banks, traders and refiners themselves. However, there is a worldwide market for gold into which Co. could sell its gold and, as a result, it is not dependent on a particular purchaser with regard to the sale of gold, silver or other metals which it produces. According to our EQX split history records, Equinox Gold has had 1 split. | |
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Equinox Gold (EQX) has 1 split in our EQX split history database. The split for EQX took place on August 20, 2019. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of EQX 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.
When a company such as Equinox Gold 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 EQX split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 200 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Equinox Gold shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of EQX, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete EQX split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
01/03/2019 |
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End date: |
04/26/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$4.25 |
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End price/share: |
$5.53 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
30.12% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
5.08% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$13,011.33 |
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Years: |
5.31 |
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Ratio |
08/20/2019 | 1 for 5 |
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