Google will make its stock cheaper to buy with a stock split and it may be a big win for investors

Google now goes by the new name Alphabet Inc (GOOG), the stock is selling for $2,865 per share as of today February 4, 2022.  In the future, the stock price will be split 20 to 1. This means that if the stock were to be split today, each stock of Google share will be worth $2865 divided by 20, which means each share of google will be selling for $143.25 per share.

A stock split means a company divides one share at x price into multiple ones, this means that the value is lowered but it still doesn’t change the company’s valuation. 

When will Google do its stock split, what date?

Google’s stock split will take effect in July 2022.  July 15, 2022, to be specific. This means that Alphabet will begin trading at a new price starting July 18, 2022.

For example, This means that an investor who owned 100shares will now own 200 but the total value of their holding will remain the same.

What does Alphabet (Google) do?

“Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015,^[3] and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.^[4][5][6] The two co-founders of Google remained as controlling shareholders, board members, and employees at Alphabet. Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies.^[7][8] It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft.”

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