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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Sonde Resources is engaged in the exploration, acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas operations. Co.'s operations are located in Western Canada and offshore North Africa. As of Dec 31 2012, Co.'s gross total proved light and medium crude oil reserves consisted of 981 thousand barrels, gross proved natural gas liquids reserves consisted of 390 thousand barrels and gross proved natural gas reserves consisted of 28,168 million cubic feet. According to our SOQ split history records, SOQ has had 2 splits. | |
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SOQ (SOQ) has 2 splits in our SOQ split history database. The first split for SOQ took place on June 07, 2010. This was a 1 for 5 reverse split, meaning for each 5 shares of SOQ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 200 share position following the split. SOQ's second split took place on January 03, 2014. This was a 9 for 10 reverse split, meaning for each 10 shares of SOQ owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 9 shares. For example, a 200 share position pre-split, became a 180 share position following the split.
When a company such as SOQ 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 SOQ split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 180 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into SOQ shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SOQ, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete SOQ 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: |
11/18/2014 |
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Start price/share: |
$0.43 |
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End price/share: |
$0.05 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-88.37% |
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Annualized Gain: |
-153.60% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$1,163.00 |
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Years: |
0.58 |
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Date |
Ratio |
06/07/2010 | 1 for 5 | 01/03/2014 | 9 for 10 |
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