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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Swisher Hygiene is engaged in providing hygiene and sanitizing solutions to the foodservice, hospitality, retail and the healthcare industries. Co. sells consumable products such as detergents, cleaning chemicals, soap, paper, water filters and supplies, along with the rental and servicing of dish machines and other equipment for the dispensing of those products as well as other services such as the cleaning of restrooms and other facilities. Co.'s restroom hygiene and facility service business provides services that include cleaning the toilet bowls, urinals, and sinks, the application of a germicide to such surfaces to inhibit bacteria growth, and the restocking of air fresheners. According to our SWSH split history records, SWSH has had 1 split. | |
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SWSH (SWSH) has 1 split in our SWSH split history database. The split for SWSH took place on June 03, 2014. This was a 1 for 10 reverse split, meaning for each 10 shares of SWSH owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 100 share position following the split.
When a company such as SWSH 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 SWSH split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 100 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into SWSH shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of SWSH, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete SWSH split history.
Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/01/2014 |
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End date: |
05/31/2016 |
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Start price/share: |
$4.70 |
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End price/share: |
$0.94 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$0.00 |
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Total return: |
-80.00% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-52.42% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$1,999.58 |
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Years: |
2.17 |
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Ratio |
06/03/2014 | 1 for 10 |
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