Has anyone ever seen or heard of a stock split where the price is going down?

Question

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a stock split where the price is going down?

Answer 1

I have never heard of a "forward split" in 19 years in this business.

A stock that splits 2-1 is a "stock split."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_split

When a stock has a split the value or price does NOT go down.

"For example, if you own 100 shares of a company that trades at $100 a share and it declares a two for one stock split, you will own a total of 200 shares at $50 a share after the split. A stock split has no effect on the value of what shareholders own."

http://www.sec.gov/answers/stocksplit.ht...

If the stock falls after a split, is is due to company or market forces, not due to because of the split itself.

Answer 2

yes, it is called a forward split.  One example would be to receive 2 shares for every 1 that you currently have...which doubles the number of shares, but lowers the price by 50%.  Lots and lots of companies have done this.  Some refuse to do so (brk.a for example), but most of the time it makes a stock more marketable to people with les to invest.