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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Nanosphere develops, manufactures and markets a molecular diagnostics platform, the Verigene® System, which enables genomic and protein testing on a single platform. Co. is focused on the infectious disease diagnostics market. The Verigene System is comprised of a microfluidics processor, a touchscreen reader and disposable test cartridges. The reader also serves as the control station for the Verigene System and features a touchscreen interface that allows users to track samples and test cartridges, initiate and monitor test processing, analyze results and generate reports. The reader is web-enabled to allow remote access to results and reports. According to our NSPH split history records, NSPH has had 1 split. | |
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NSPH (NSPH) has 1 split in our NSPH split history database. The split for NSPH took place on April 09, 2015. This was a 1 for 20 reverse split, meaning for each 20 shares of NSPH owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 50 share position following the split.
When a company such as NSPH 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 NSPH split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 50 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into NSPH shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of NSPH, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete NSPH split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/29/2014 |
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End date: |
06/30/2016 |
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Start price/share: |
$33.80 |
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End price/share: |
$1.69 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-95.00% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-74.81% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$500.16 |
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Years: |
2.17 |
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Ratio |
04/09/2015 | 1 for 20 |
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