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Video: What is a Stock Split?
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Telefonica Brasil is a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil. Co. is also the fixed telecommunications company in the state of Sao Paulo. Co. markets its mobile services under its Vivo brand. Co. provides its clients a portfolio of products, including mobile and fixed voice, mobile data, fixed broadband, ultra-fast broadband (based on its Fiber to the Home and Fiber to the Curb infrastructure), Pay TV, information technology and digital services (such as entertainment, cloud, security and financial services). Co. also has a distribution network of the sector, where its clients can obtain certain services, such as purchasing credit for prepaid phones. According to our VIV split history records, Telefonica Brasil SA has had 1 split. | |
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Telefonica Brasil SA (VIV) has 1 split in our VIV split history database. The split for VIV took place on October 17, 2008. This was a 1 for 4 reverse split, meaning for each 4 shares of VIV owned pre-split, the shareholder now owned 1 share. For example, a 1000 share position pre-split, became a 250 share position following the split.
When a company such as Telefonica Brasil SA 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 VIV split history from start to finish, an original position size of 1000 shares would have turned into 250 today. Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Telefonica Brasil SA shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of VIV, presented on a split-history-adjusted basis factoring in the complete VIV split history.

Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/02/2013 |
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End date: |
03/28/2023 |
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Start price/share: |
$26.06 |
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End price/share: |
$7.63 |
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Starting shares: |
383.73 |
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Ending shares: |
707.15 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$8.35 |
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Total return: |
-46.04% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-5.99% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$5,394.62 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
04/02/2013 |
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End date: |
03/28/2023 |
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Start price/share: |
$26.06 |
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End price/share: |
$7.63 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$8.35 |
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Total return: |
-38.68% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
-4.78% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$6,129.95 |
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Years: |
9.99 |
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Date |
Ratio |
10/17/2008 | 1 for 4 |
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