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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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SAExploration Holdings is a provider of seismic data acquisition, logistical support, processing and integrated reservoir geosciences services to its customers in the oil and natural gas industry. In addition to the acquisition of 2D, 3D, time–lapse 4D and multi–component seismic data on land, in transition zones between land and water, and offshore, Co. provides a suite of logistical support and data processing and interpretation services. Co. operates crews that are supported by owned land and marine channels of seismic data acquisition equipment and other leased equipment. Seismic data is used by its customers to identify and analyze drilling prospects and support drilling. According to our SAEX split history records, SAEX has had 2 splits. | |
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SAEX (SAEX) has 2 splits in our SAEX split history database. The first split for SAEX took place on July 27, 2016. This was a 1 for 135 reverse split, meaning for each 135 shares of SAEX owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 7.40740740740741 share position following the split. SAEX's second split took place on September 17, 2018. This was a 1 for 20 reverse split, meaning for each 20 shares of SAEX owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 7.40740740740741 share position pre-split, became a 0.37037037037037 share position following the split.
When a company such as SAEX 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 SAEX split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 0.37037037037037 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into SAEX shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SAEX, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete SAEX split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
02/11/2015 |
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End date: |
08/28/2020 |
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Start price/share: |
$9,504.00 |
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End price/share: |
$0.30 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-100.00% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-84.57% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$0.32 |
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Years: |
5.55 |
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Date |
Ratio |
07/27/2016 | 1 for 135 | 09/17/2018 | 1 for 20 |
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