Types of Stock Splits A forward 2-for-1 stock split — sometimes expressed as 2:1 — occurs when a company doubles the number of outstanding shares and cuts the value of each share in half.

Investors rallied around influential businesses conducting forward stock splits last year. There's more to deciphering which brand-name stock will split next than a high nominal share price ...

The forward stock split is intended to make Diginex’s shares more accessible to a wider range of investors while maintaining the company’s market capitalization.

Investors continue to gravitate to influential businesses conducting stock splits. Since its October 1970 initial public offering (IPO), Walmart has effected a dozen forward splits. Walmart has a ...