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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes is an airline carrier. Co. is engaged in regular and non-regular flight transportation services of passengers, cargo and mailbags, domestically or internationally; complementary activities related to flight transportation services by chartering of passengers, cargo and mailbags; services to maintain and repair its own or third-party's aircraft, engines and parts; aircraft hangar services; services to manage aprons and runways, contract crew members and clean aircraft; development of other activities related or supplementary to flight transportation and other above-mentioned activities; and development of loyalty programs. According to our GOL split history records, GOL has had 4 splits. | |
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GOL (GOL) has 4 splits in our GOL split history database. The first split for GOL took place on December 13, 2005. This was a 2 for 1 split, meaning for each share of GOL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 2000 share position following the split. GOL's second split took place on February 26, 2016. This was a 1 for 10 reverse split, meaning for each 10 shares of GOL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 2000 share position pre-split, became a 200 share position following the split. GOL's third split took place on May 02, 2017. This was a 2 for 1 split, meaning for each share of GOL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 200 share position pre-split, became a 400 share position following the split. GOL's 4th split took place on November 22, 2017. This was a 2500 for 1000 split, meaning for each 1000 shares of GOL owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2500 shares. For example, a 400 share position pre-split, became a 1000 share position following the split.
When a company such as GOL 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. When a company such as GOL 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 GOL split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 1000 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into GOL shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of GOL, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete GOL split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/22/2014 |
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End date: |
01/26/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$11.22 |
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End price/share: |
$2.72 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-75.73% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-13.49% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$2,427.43 |
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Years: |
9.77 |
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Date |
Ratio |
12/13/2005 | 2 for 1 | 02/26/2016 | 1 for 10 | 05/02/2017 | 2 for 1 | 11/22/2017 | 2500 for 1000 |
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