Reverse vs forward splits by execution month, trailing two 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 2026-09-20, from What Happens After a Reverse Stock Split?.
| month | month_label | reverse_split_count | forward_split_count | reverse_share_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-01 | Sep 2024 | 66 | 53 | 55.5 |
| 2024-10-01 | Oct 2024 | 85 | 48 | 63.9 |
| 2024-11-01 | Nov 2024 | 115 | 29 | 79.9 |
| 2024-12-01 | Dec 2024 | 58 | 37 | 61.1 |
| 2025-01-01 | Jan 2025 | 75 | 21 | 78.1 |
| 2025-02-01 | Feb 2025 | 102 | 26 | 79.7 |
| 2025-03-01 | Mar 2025 | 75 | 42 | 64.1 |
| 2025-04-01 | Apr 2025 | 82 | 28 | 74.5 |
| 2025-05-01 | May 2025 | 81 | 41 | 66.4 |
| 2025-06-01 | Jun 2025 | 96 | 39 | 71.1 |
| 2025-07-01 | Jul 2025 | 68 | 23 | 74.7 |
| 2025-08-01 | Aug 2025 | 76 | 39 | 66.1 |
| 2025-09-01 | Sep 2025 | 95 | 55 | 63.3 |
| 2025-10-01 | Oct 2025 | 88 | 32 | 73.3 |
| 2025-11-01 | Nov 2025 | 69 | 30 | 69.7 |
| 2025-12-01 | Dec 2025 | 130 | 48 | 73 |
| 2026-01-01 | Jan 2026 | 69 | 21 | 76.7 |
| 2026-02-01 | Feb 2026 | 89 | 24 | 78.8 |
| 2026-03-01 | Mar 2026 | 135 | 56 | 70.7 |
| 2026-04-01 | Apr 2026 | 97 | 32 | 75.2 |
| 2026-05-01 | May 2026 | 102 | 40 | 71.8 |
| 2026-06-01 | Jun 2026 | 105 | 58 | 64.4 |
| 2026-07-01 | Jul 2026 | 119 | 45 | 72.6 |
| 2026-08-01 | Aug 2026 | 104 | 20 | 83.9 |
- Rows × columns
- 24 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2024-09-01 to 2026-08-01 | |
month_label |
text | 24 distinct values (Apr 2025, Apr 2026, Aug 2025…) | |
reverse_split_count |
number | 58 to 135 | count |
forward_split_count |
number | 20 to 58 | count |
reverse_share_pct |
number | 55.5 to 83.9 | 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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SELECT
toStartOfMonth(toDate(execution_date)) AS month,
formatDateTime(month, '%b %Y') AS month_label,
uniqExactIf((ticker, execution_date), split_to < split_from) AS reverse_split_count,
uniqExactIf((ticker, execution_date), split_to > split_from) AS forward_split_count,
round(100 * reverse_split_count / (reverse_split_count + forward_split_count), 1) AS reverse_share_pct
FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
WHERE toDate(execution_date) >= toStartOfMonth(addMonths(today(), -24))
AND toDate(execution_date) < toStartOfMonth(today())
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY month, month_label
ORDER BY month