Most-used forward split multipliers, last ten years
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-10-08, from Buying Before or After a Stock Split.
| shares_per_old_share | split_count | pct_of_forward_splits |
|---|---|---|
| 2x | 638 | 16 |
| 1.01x | 526 | 13.2 |
| 1.02x | 454 | 11.4 |
| 1.03x | 297 | 7.4 |
| 3x | 284 | 7.1 |
| 1.05x | 250 | 6.3 |
| 5x | 201 | 5 |
| 4x | 187 | 4.7 |
| 1.04x | 157 | 3.9 |
| 1.1x | 147 | 3.7 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
shares_per_old_share |
text | 10 distinct values (1.01x, 1.02x, 1.03x…) | |
split_count |
number | 147 to 638 | count |
pct_of_forward_splits |
number | 3.7 to 16 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH forward AS (
SELECT
execution_date,
ticker,
round(toFloat64(any(split_to)) / toFloat64(any(split_from)), 2) AS mult
FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
WHERE execution_date >= today() - 3650
AND execution_date <= today()
GROUP BY execution_date, ticker
HAVING mult > 1
)
SELECT
concat(toString(mult), 'x') AS shares_per_old_share,
count() AS split_count,
round(100.0 * count() / (SELECT count() FROM forward), 1) AS pct_of_forward_splits
FROM forward
GROUP BY mult
ORDER BY split_count DESC
LIMIT 10
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