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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Smithfield Foods produces and markets fresh meat and packaged meats products. Co. operates through the following segments: Pork, which produces pork and packaged meats products, including smoked and boiled hams, bacon, sausage, hotdogs (pork, beef and chicken), deli and luncheon meats, and markets them nationwide and to foreign markets; Hog Production, which consists of its hog production operations in the U.S. that develops breeding stock; and International, which includes its meat processing and distribution operations in Poland, Romania and the U.K., interests in meat processing operations in Western Europe and Mexico, and hog production operations in Poland, Romania, and Mexico. According to our SFD split history records, SFD has had 3 splits. | |
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SFD (SFD) has 3 splits in our SFD split history database. The first split for SFD took place on June 03, 1991. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of SFD 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. SFD's second split took place on September 29, 1997. This was a 2 for 1
split, meaning for each share of SFD owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 2000 share position pre-split, became a 4000 share position following the split. SFD's third split took place on September 17, 2001. This was a 2 for 1 split, meaning for each share of SFD owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 2 shares. For example, a 4000 share position pre-split, became a 8000 share position following the split.
When a company such as SFD 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 SFD split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 8000 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into SFD shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SFD, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete SFD split history.
SFD -- use the split history when considering split-adjusted past price performance. |
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06/03/1991 | 2 for 1
| 09/29/1997 | 2 for 1
| 09/17/2001 | 2 for 1 |
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