techno53
5 days ago
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Many investors might rightly wonder why companies announce splitting their stocks. After all, having more or less shares doesn’t change the overall picture for a company. From a mathematical perspective, a company that undertakes a stock split and those that don’t — like Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A, NYSE:BRK-B) via its A-class shares — should be valued on the same basis. And they are.
That said, the market views stock prices as important from a numerological perspective. Whether it’s to maintain a listing via a reverse split or increasing share count to broaden a company’s investor base, there are reasons for splits to take place.
Let’s dive into what stock splits are and why they matter. I’ll be focusing mostly on stock splits (increasing share count), but most of this commentary can be reversed for reverse stock splits.
Are Stock Splits Good for Stocks?
Companies typically undertake stock splits if they see their share prices are high and costly for investors to buy a standard amount (one full share, for example). Through the splits, the number of outstanding shares grows while the per-share price of a company’s stock declines. This improves liquidity and invites more options traders to the game.
More liquidity benefits both buyers and sellers, as the companies may allow buyback shares for more efficient and reduced costs.
While, theoretically, stock splits do not affect the value of a given company, they do often reignite investor interest that may help boost the underlying stock price. Investors in large companies, especially blue-chip ones, often see splits as bullish signals. That’s because these splits typically entail confidence about a given company’s future growth prospects.
Many top companies historically return to pre-split price levels, prompting subsequent splits. Walmart (NYSE:WMT), for instance, split its stock nine times on a 2-for-1 basis between 1975 and 1999, significantly multiplying shareholder holdings over three decades.
This strategy enhances marketability and liquidity, making it easier for smaller investors to participate, as seen with Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) 2022 split announcement coupled with a $10 billion share buyback.
Companies typically implement stock splits when their share prices become prohibitively high for new investors, signaling growth and future prospects positively. Post-split, stocks often experience price increases as lower nominal prices attract new investors.
Is It Better to Buy Stocks Before or After a Split?
Before deciding to buy a stock before or after a split, there are factors to consider. Such factors are current stock prices. Waiting until after a stock split may offer a more affordable entry point. However, the market has proven that buying before the split has added investor interest that can drive share prices in the long run.
For example, with 1,000 shares owned and valued at $10 each, and the company announces a stock 2-for-1 stock split, the investor would now own 2,000 shares with the same investment value of $10,000.
Each share would be valued at $5 post-split. However, dividends per share could decline after the split which will balance out the perceived advantage of share purchases before or after the split.
What Are the Disadvantages of a Stock Split?
While stock splits don’t affect the company’s fundamentals, they can still involve some losses and regulatory compliance. Despite dividing shares to lower the price, it doesn’t create additional value beyond enhancing market liquidity. This strategy is akin to slicing a cake — changing the number of pieces doesn’t alter the taste.
Implementing a stock split requires financial investment for regulatory compliance and legal support. However, it can attract a broader investor base, potentially diluting exclusivity for high-net-worth shareholders. Moreover, a stock split may reduce the face value of shares, posing risks if the company’s performance declines.
Conversely, a reverse stock split, although aimed at increasing share price, also entails legal and regulatory costs.
Furthermore, intentionally reducing a stock’s price can affect compliance with exchange rules like Nasdaq’s minimum trading price requirement, potentially leading to delisting if not rectified promptly.
Do Stocks Normally Go Up After a Stock Split?
Stock splits often attract investor attention, prompting companies like Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) to use them to generate buzz and attract more investors. Some companies regularly split stocks, which appeals to investors seeking to accumulate more shares. Although the split itself doesn’t change the stock’s value, investor enthusiasm often drives up prices after the announcement. In some cases, stocks may continue to rise even higher post-split.
Two main theories explain why companies opt for stock splits. Firstly, by reducing the share price, it becomes accessible to retail investors who may not have access to fractional shares. Secondly, high stock prices often restrict options trading, where contracts typically involve multiples of 100 shares. Lowering the share price through a split aims to increase investor participation and potentially drive up demand and the stock price.
The second theory suggests that a lower stock price enhances the chances of inclusion in price-weighted indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average. High-priced stocks are typically excluded from such indexes. Lowering the price increases the likelihood of index inclusion, prompting investors to anticipate these changes and buy the stock, potentially driving its price higher.
A stock split significantly improved trading conditions, reducing the bid-ask spread by 22%, increasing liquidity by 18% and lowering volatility by 3%, according to data compiled from the Nasdaq.
When Should a Company Do a Stock Split?
Most companies decide to do stock splits due to strategic considerations. When there has been a significant increase in stock value, companies consider splitting stocks to gain more investors. Research indicates that split stocks generally experience an average 7% increase in the first year and 12% growth over three years.
Some significant examples are companies like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). In 2014, the company traded at $600 per share, and the executives decided to have a stock split of 7-for-1. That reduced the share price to around $90 and improved Apple’s liquidity. Outstanding shares increased from 860 million to 6 billion.
At that time, the company had a $559 billion market cap, which increased to $562 billion after the split.
INV4
6 days ago
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Shares Climb on Encouraging TNX-801 Vaccine Results
July 10, 2025
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:TNXP) saw its stock rise 2% after unveiling new preclinical findings for its TNX-801 vaccine candidate at the 2025 Vaccine Congress in Vienna.
The biopharma company highlighted that its recombinant horsepox-based vaccine demonstrates promising potential to provide long-lasting immunity while being significantly more attenuated than earlier orthopoxvirus vaccines. Notably, the data showed that subcutaneous delivery of TNX-801 offers protection comparable to percutaneous administration, which the company intends to focus on for further development.
Preclinical results indicated that TNX-801 replicates 27 to 119 times less in primary human dermal cells than currently licensed vaccinia vaccines. In interferon receptor knockout mice, the vaccine exhibited up to a 100,000-fold reduction in virulence compared to traditional vaccines.
Additionally, a single dose of TNX-801 elicited robust binding and neutralizing antibody responses in various animal models, including immunocompromised subjects. Vaccinated macaques survived lethal exposure to Clade I mpox without developing lesions, and rabbits remained fully protected for over a year.
The vaccine candidate is being developed to help control mpox outbreaks and prepare for potential smallpox threats, with both the WHO and CDC maintaining mpox as a significant public health issue.
Tonix believes that TNX-801’s single-dose regimen could simplify outbreak management by removing the need for multiple immunizations required by existing vaccines.
https://ih.advfn.com/market-news/article/12408/tonix-pharmaceuticals-shares-climb-on-encouraging-tnx-801-vaccine-results
$TNXP
USAFpatriot
1 week ago
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (“Tonix” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company with marketed products and a pipeline of development candidates, today announced that Sina Bavari, PhD, Executive Vice President of Infectious Disease Research and Development at Tonix Pharmaceuticals, will present new data on TNX-801 (recombinant horsepox virus, live vaccine) at the upcoming Vaccine Congress 2025.
TNX-801 is a minimally replicative, attenuated live virus vaccine candidate designed to generate durable humoral and cellular immunity after a single dose. Preclinical results in animals have demonstrated protection against mpox and other orthopoxviruses, supporting further clinical evaluation. TNX-801 also serves as an orthopoxvirus vaccine platform that can deliver multiple protective antigens against diverse viral pathogens.
Dr. Bavari will present the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy findings to date and describe Tonix’s plans to advance the TNX-801 platform into clinical trials to protect against mpox and other viral diseases.
Presentation details
Location: Vienna, Austria
Presentation Date / Time: July 10th / 11:20am GMT+2
Title: TNX-801, a single-dose live vaccine platform for Mpox and other emerging viral diseases: Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy
Speaker: Sina Bavari, PhD, Tonix Pharmaceuticals
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NASDAQ/tonix-pharmaceuticals-TNXP/stock-news/96382443/tonix-pharmaceuticals-announces-oral-presentation
Stino2
2 weeks ago
it is always the same thing:
2025-07-03 56,885 + 620 = 57,505 / 126,093 = 45.61
2025-07-02 168,952 + 1,805 = 170,757 / 294,398 = 58.00
2025-07-01 267,329 + 4,742 = 272,071 / 608,489 = 44.71
2025-06-30 172,883 + 2,325 = 175,208 / 358,455 = 48.88
in this for days, the only day that the stock went down, was wenn the shorts was 58% 🤔
techno53
2 weeks ago
Executive compensation for Tonix employees. Where is our 10:1 forward split!!!!
2022
For its 2023 fiscal year, TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HLDG, listed the following executives on its annual proxy statement to the SEC
Equity
Cash Compensation
Other
Fiscal Year Ended in 2023
NAME AND TITLE TOTAL COMPENSATION PAY RANK BY TITLEIn Biotechnology industry
Seth Lederman
Chief Executive Officer $2,050,065View details
#464View more
Gregory Sullivan
Chief Medical Officer $951,998View details
#338View more
Jessica Morris
Chief Operations Officer $928,599View details
#124View more
Bradley Saenger
$904,913View details
#421
Data Year:
2024
2023
2022
For its 2023 fiscal year, TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HLDG, listed the following executives on its annual proxy statement to the SEC
EquityCash CompensationOther
Fiscal Year Ended in 2023
Name And Title Total Compensation Pay Rank By Title
In Biotechnology industry
Seth Lederman
Chief Executive Officer
$2,050,065
View details
#464
View more
Gregory Sullivan
Chief Medical Officer
$951,998
View details
#338
View more
Jessica Morris
Chief Operations Officer
$928,599
View details
#124
View more
Bradley Saenger
Stino2
2 weeks ago
always the same story: stock down, a lot of shorts!!!!
2025-07-02 168,952 + 1,805 = 170,757 / 294,398 = 58.00
2025-07-01 267,329 + 4,742 = 272,071 / 608,489 = 44.71
2025-06-30 172,883 + 2,325 = 175,208 / 358,455 = 48.88
2025-06-27 255,009 + 810 = 255,819 / 449,410 = 56.92
you see here, 27/06/25 and 02/07/25 a lot of shorts, stock down again, it makes me 🤮
timberwolf7
2 weeks ago
Your comments are timely with regard to what I just posted regarding the
bought and corrupted fda. For the very reasons you described, protecting
big pharmas interests/aka, money flow.
That said, I am expecting this one to be approved because there is nothing
that works, and that the medical community and those in the fibro community
appear to be aware of the development.
So we will see, but I have been in two MNKD and CRMD that got screwed over
by the fda to the tune of 4 years worth of delays.. and both of them had something
that made peoples lives better, they were/are revolutionary in how much better their
development was at the time (in MNKDs case) than the existing. CRMDs will
be the 'leader' in what it does for some time.. but even there, going to be intetresting
to see which companies choose to endanger their patients by continuing to use a lesser
product than what CRMD is capable of..
Disclaimer: just bought back a new round of shares in CRMD, its down at $12, with a target
price of $19/20.. and its a 'start' with regard to its long term potential.
timberwolf7
2 weeks ago
One of the reasons I am really careful with regard to what bio I invest in. IF I can't trust the
studies, if they aren't 'simple' in nature (vs a complex development like alzheimers, cancers for example),
I hesitate to get involved. Cause those paying attention have long recognized our fed agencies have
been 'bought/corrupted' for money and power..
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-07-01/fda-exposed-hundreds-drugs-approved-without-proof-they-work
FDA Exposed: Hundreds of Drugs Approved Without Proof They Work
By Maryanne Demasi, Brownstone Institute
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved hundreds of drugs without proof that they work—and in some cases, despite evidence that they cause harm.
That’s the finding of a blistering two-year investigation by medical journalists Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee, published by The Lever.
Reviewing more than 400 drug approvals between 2013 and 2022, the authors found the agency repeatedly ignored its own scientific standards.
One expert put it bluntly—the FDA’s threshold for evidence “can’t go any lower because it’s already in the dirt.”
A System Built on Weak Evidence
The findings were damning—73% of drugs approved by the FDA during the study period failed to meet all four basic criteria for demonstrating “substantial evidence” of effectiveness.
Those four criteria—presence of a control group, replication in two well-conducted trials, blinding of participants and investigators, and the use of clinical endpoints like symptom relief or extended survival—are supposed to be the bedrock of drug evaluation.
Yet only 28% of drugs met all four criteria—40 drugs met none.
These aren’t obscure technicalities—they are the most basic safeguards to protect patients from ineffective or dangerous treatments.
But under political and industry pressure, the FDA has increasingly abandoned them in favour of speed and so-called “regulatory flexibility.”
Since the early 1990s, the agency has...(READ THIS FULL ARTICLE HERE).