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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Harte Hanks is a global customer experience company. Co.'s segments are: Marketing Services, Customer Care, and Fulfillment and Logistics Services. Co.'s Marketing Services segment uses data, insight, and experience to support clients as they engage customers through digital and emerging channels. Co.'s Customer Care segment provides contact center solutions, which use real-time data to interact with each customer. Co.'s Fulfillment & Logistics Services segment consists of mail and product fulfillment and logistics services. Co. provides a variety of product fulfillment solutions, including printing on demand, managing product recalls, and distributing literature and promotional products. According to our HHS split history records, Harte Hanks has had 4 splits. | |
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Harte Hanks (HHS) has 4 splits in our HHS split history database. The first split for HHS took place on December 18, 1995. This was a 3 for 2
split, meaning for each 2
shares of HHS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 3 shares. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 1500 share position following the split. HHS's second split took place on March 17, 1998. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of HHS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 1500 share position pre-split, became a 3000 share position following the split. HHS's third split took place on May 31, 2002. This was a 3 for 2 split, meaning for each 2 shares of HHS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 3 shares. For example, a 3000 share position pre-split, became a 4500 share position following the split. HHS's 4th split took place on February 01, 2018. This was a 1 for 10 reverse split, meaning for each 10 shares of HHS owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 4500 share position pre-split, became a 450 share position following the split.
When a company such as Harte Hanks 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 Harte Hanks 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 HHS split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 450 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Harte Hanks shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of HHS, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete HHS split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
11/04/2014 |
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End date: |
11/01/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$65.20 |
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End price/share: |
$7.18 |
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Starting shares: |
153.37 |
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Ending shares: |
170.88 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$5.10 |
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Total return: |
-87.73% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-18.93% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$1,227.02 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
11/04/2014 |
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End date: |
11/01/2024 |
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Start price/share: |
$65.20 |
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End price/share: |
$7.18 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$5.10 |
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Total return: |
-81.17% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-15.38% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$1,883.34 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Ratio |
12/18/1995 | 3 for 2
| 03/17/1998 | 2 for 1
| 05/31/2002 | 3 for 2 | 02/01/2018 | 1 for 10 |
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