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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Gold Fields is holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a producer of gold and a primary holder of gold reserves and resources in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. In Peru, Co. also produces copper. Co. is primarily involved in underground and surface gold and surface copper mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and smelting. Co. has certain economic interest in the South Deep mine in South Africa. Co. also owns the St Ives, Agnew, Granny Smith mines and Gruyere gold mine in Australia, the Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana and the Asanko mine in Ghana. Co. also owns the Cerro Corona mine in Peru. According to our GFI split history records, Gold Fields has had 1 split. | |
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Gold Fields (GFI) has 1 split in our GFI split history database. The split for GFI took place on February 21, 2013. This was a 1161 for 1000 split, meaning for each 1000 shares of GFI owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1161 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 1161 share position following the split.
When a company such as Gold Fields 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.
Looking at the GFI split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 1161 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Gold Fields shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of GFI, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete GFI split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/17/2015 |
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End date: |
02/12/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$4.39 |
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End price/share: |
$19.09 |
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Starting shares: |
2,277.90 |
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Ending shares: |
2,838.66 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$1.93 |
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Total return: |
441.90% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
18.42% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$54,181.15 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/17/2015 |
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End date: |
02/12/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$4.39 |
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End price/share: |
$19.09 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$1.93 |
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Total return: |
378.75% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
16.96% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$47,863.10 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Date |
Ratio |
02/21/2013 | 1161 for 1000 |
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