1 Stock-Split Stock -- Up 27,500% in 25 Years -- That's a No-Brainer Buy in March and 1 to Avoid

2026-03-03 05:26:00 ET

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated Wall Street headlines for years, it's not the only trend that investors have been gravitating toward. On top of AI euphoria, investors can't get enough of stock-split stocks.

A stock split is an event that allows a publicly traded company to cosmetically adjust its share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. These changes are superficial in the sense that they don't affect a company's market cap or its operating performance.

While stock splits come in two varieties -- forward and reverse -- investors typically flock to the former and shun the latter. Reverse splits are designed to increase a company's share price, often with the purpose of avoiding delisting from a major stock exchange. It's the type of split typically enacted by a struggling business.

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