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When a stock splits, investors end up with more shares of a company, at a lower stock price. An example might be a 2:1 split, where an investor with 10 shares worth $100 each ends up with 20 shares worth $50 each after the stock split. 
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) both had stock splits on August 31. Apple split 4:1 and Tesla split 5:1, lowering their stock prices and multiplying the number of shares issued by 4 and 5 respectively. 
Splits can also go the other way. The same day as AAPL and TSLA split their stocks, two other companies—Heatherdale Resources and Bam Bam Resources—did reverse splits. With a reverse stock split, instead of getting more shares at a lower price, an investor ends up with fewer shares at a higher price. 
Stock splits tend to be when a stock price gets high, while reverse splits are generally done when a stock price gets low. In the case of Apple and Tesla, their stock prices were up 76% and 596% respectively this year through August 31. Heatherdale and Bam Bam, on the other hand, were both down considerably…

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