FTB-C000118 / Financial concept

Reverse Stock Split

A reverse stock split reduces shares outstanding while proportionally increasing the per-share basis without intentionally creating value.

Also known asshare consolidationreverse split

Definitions

In plain terms

In a one-for-ten reverse split, ten old shares become one new share, subject to how fractions are handled.

Technical

The event requires ratio direction, affected security, dates, fractional cash or rounding, identifiers, price and share adjustments, and source evidence.

Scope

It can affect listing and liquidity conditions but is not by itself an economic return.

Examples

  • A governed calculation records reverse stock split with its exact basis, effective time, source, and units.

Common misconceptions

  • Reverse Stock Split does not have one universal treatment without the applicable methodology, event terms, and data context.

Concept relationships

Broader concepts

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Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. Corporate Actions by Public Companies: What You Should Know Financial Industry Regulatory Authority · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: General education does not define every event field, tax result, exchange rule, data-provider adjustment, or index treatment.

  2. Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract

    Supports: variant distinction

    Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-27
Next review
2027-07-27
Record status
published