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When does a stock split occur?

Updated: 9/16/2023
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Stock splits occur when trading in the stock has been curtailed by the stock being overpriced. There's no set dollar value where stocks have to split--Apple is a $400 stock but it still trades well, so they're not splitting it yet. OTOH, I've seen splits happen at $80.

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