1 Supercharged Stock-Split Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in May and 1 to Avoid
Wall Street's first prominent stock-split stock of 2025 makes for a no-brainer buy, while an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven highflier may be on shaky ground.
For more than 30 years, there have been a number of next-big-thing trends and innovations that have captivated the attention of professional and everyday investors. Though the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the primary market mover for more than two years, it hasn't been the only trend responsible for lifting Wall Street's major stock indexes to new heights.
In 2024, the other major trend that played a close second fiddle to the AI revolution is excitement surrounding stock splits.
A stock split is an event that let's publicly traded companies adjust their share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. Keep in mind that altering a company's share price and share count is purely superficial and doesn't have any impact on its market cap or operating performance.
