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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Gevo, Inc. is a carbon abatement company focused on transforming renewable energy into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as renewable fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel. Co. operates in three segments. The Gevo segment is focused on research and development activities related to the production of SAF, commercial opportunities for other renewable hydrocarbon products, such as renewable natural gas, hydrocarbons for gasoline blendstocks and diesel fuel, and plastics, materials, and other chemicals. According to our GEVO split history records, Gevo has had 3 splits. | |
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Gevo (GEVO) has 3 splits in our GEVO split history database. The first split for GEVO took place on April 21, 2015. This was a 1 for 15 reverse split, meaning for each 15 shares of GEVO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 66.6666666666667 share position following the split. GEVO's second split took place on January 06, 2017. This was a 1 for 20 reverse split, meaning for each 20 shares of GEVO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 66.6666666666667 share position pre-split, became a 3.33333333333333 share position following the split. GEVO's third split took place on June 04, 2018. This was a 1 for 20 reverse split, meaning for each 20 shares of GEVO owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 3.33333333333333 share position pre-split, became a 0.166666666666667 share position following the split.
When a company such as Gevo 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 GEVO split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 0.166666666666667 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Gevo shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of GEVO, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete GEVO split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/20/2015 |
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End date: |
02/18/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$1,620.00 |
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End price/share: |
$1.73 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-99.89% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-49.54% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$10.68 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
04/21/2015 | 1 for 15 | 01/06/2017 | 1 for 20 | 06/04/2018 | 1 for 20 |
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