How to know when a stock has splits?

Question

If I look up a stock how do I see if it has ever split and when it split.

Answer 1

You can use the new Yahoo! Charts and see splits over the past years. For example, here is Apple 2 year chart - you should see splits indicated by an "S" in a circle. If not, you can try to click on the Splits button on the bottom left.

http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart4:symbol=aapl;range=2y;indicator=split+volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined

Answer 2

There are many financial sites that will give you the history of a stock, including splits. Yahoo! Finance will. As far as knowing when a split has occurred, the price of the stock will change, usually dramatically. If the stock was $50 before a 2 for 1 split, the value will be $25 after. If the stock was $2 before a 1 for 10 reverse split, the stock will be $20 afterwards.

Answer 3

You should see in the company headlines an announcement of a stock split, and what kind of split it will be, i.e., 1:2, 1:3, 2:3, etc.

Other than that, I wouldn't know how to find out when a stock has split, because I've never had to do that.

Answer 4

Look up the stock ticker symbol , then look at the chart and look for past splits over the years , smartmoney is a good sight to check out Good luck