common stock with a price of $80.00 per share and 200,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Their Chief Financial Officer believes that a 2-for-1 Stock-Split would make the firms stock more liquid.
Sol:
Outstanding shares = 200000
Stock price = $80 per share
Stock split ratio = 2 for 1 means an additional share will be
given for each share held by a shareholder.
a)
Old market cap = Outstanding shares x Stock price
Old market cap = 200000 x $80 = $16,000,000
b)
New Outstanding shares = 200000 x 2 = 400000
New market price = $80 / 2 = $40
c)
New market cap = New Outstanding shares x New Stock price
New market cap = 400000 x $40 = $16,000,000
After a stock split, the stock price will be reduced in the ratio of the split, and the number of shares outstanding will increased as per the ratio. Therefore, although the number of outstanding shares and the stock price will change, the market capitalization will remains constant and unchanged.
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