If You Bought 1 Share of Walmart at Its IPO, Here's How Many Shares You'd Own Now

For years, stock splits have been one of the most exciting trends on Wall Street.A stock split is a tool public companies have available that allows them to adjust their share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. These changes are surface-scratching in that they don't impact a company's market cap or operating performance.Businesses completing forward stock splits (designed to reduce a company's share price to make it more nominally affordable for everyday investors) have a knack for outperforming -- which is something the shareholders of retail goliath Walmart (NYSE: WMT) know all too well.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool