If You Bought 1 Share of Coca-Cola at Its IPO, Here's How Many Shares You'd Own Now

Wall Street typically has at least one next-big-thing trend to captivate the attention and wallets of investors. Stock-split euphoria certainly fits the bill.A stock split provides a way for public companies to alter their share price and outstanding share count while having no impact on their market cap or operating performance. Forward splits, which are designed to make a company's shares more affordable for retail investors, are especially popular.One brand-name company that's made stock splits part of its corporate culture for nearly a century is consumer staples giant Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO).Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool