Split-shaped but stubborn: large caps above $500 with no forward split on record
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 2026-11-01, from Stock Split Candidates: Who Might Split Next?.
| ticker | closes_above_500 | first_above_500_in_window | latest_close | highest_close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELI | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1624.53 | $2613.63 |
| FCNCA | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $2352.64 | $2382.5 |
| MKL | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1869.82 | $2191.9 |
| EQIX | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1013.7 | $1115.94 |
| MTD | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1674.81 | $1718.61 |
| TDG | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1146.81 | $1620.83 |
| BRK.A | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $815600 | $821931 |
| BLK | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $1147.54 | $1202.59 |
| AZO | 1255 | November 1, 2021 | $3169.82 | $4354.54 |
| REGN | 1249 | November 1, 2021 | $927.89 | $1201.76 |
| GWW | 1117 | December 7, 2021 | $1359.17 | $1402.03 |
| COST | 1071 | November 3, 2021 | $1012.28 | $1094.32 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 12 distinct values (AZO, BLK, BRK.A…) | |
closes_above_500 |
number | 1,071 to 1,255 | |
first_above_500_in_window |
text | 3 distinct values | |
latest_close |
text | 12 distinct values ($1012.28, $1013.7, $1146.81…) | |
highest_close |
text | 12 distinct values ($1094.32, $1115.94, $1201.76…) |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH
big_caps AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
argMax(market_cap, date) AS market_cap
FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
WHERE date >= today() - 45
GROUP BY ticker
HAVING toFloat64(market_cap) >= 20e9
),
ever_split AS
(
SELECT DISTINCT ticker
FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
WHERE split_to > split_from
)
SELECT
d.ticker AS ticker,
uniqExactIf(d.date, d.close >= 500) AS closes_above_500,
concat(monthName(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500)), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500))), ', ', toString(toYear(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500)))) AS first_above_500_in_window,
concat('$', toString(round(toFloat64(argMax(d.close, d.date)), 2))) AS latest_close,
concat('$', toString(round(toFloat64(max(d.close)), 2))) AS highest_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs AS d
WHERE d.date >= today() - 1826
AND d.ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM big_caps)
AND d.ticker NOT IN (SELECT ticker FROM ever_split)
AND d.ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY d.ticker
HAVING argMax(d.close, d.date) >= 500
AND closes_above_500 >= 250
ORDER BY closes_above_500 DESC
LIMIT 12
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