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Originally Posted by Captain Obvious
Any smart people want to educate me/us on reverse splits?
I bought 166 shares of STAF @ 0.57 on a whim yesterday. When I checked today, I had a message saying they performed a 1 for 6 reverse split. Now I had 27 shares at 3.44.
I just looked and it's up 52% after hours and is sitting at $5.64. What a windfall, eh?
Is this typical of reverse splits? Seems odd to me, but I'll admit to being a major noob.
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So you had 166 shares at .57. A 1 for 6 reverse split means that you now have 1/6 the number of shares at 6 times the price, so the value is the same. It's usually done because the stock is about to be de-listed because the price is too low. I generally pay no attention to splits or reverse splits.
Nice after-hours boost, though.