After the split: median forward returns for 2025's whole-number forward splits vs SPY over the same sessions
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 2026-07-26, from What Is a Stock Split? Ratios and Mechanics.
splits measured
44
median 5 session pct
-0.9
median 21 session pct
-1.5
pct up after 21 sessions
45
median spy 21 session pct
1.6
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
splits_measured |
number | every row is 44 | |
median_5_session_pct |
number | every row is -0.9 | percent |
median_21_session_pct |
number | every row is -1.5 | percent |
pct_up_after_21_sessions |
number | every row is 45 | percent |
median_spy_21_session_pct |
number | every row is 1.6 | 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.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH events AS (
SELECT ticker, execution_date
FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
WHERE execution_date >= '2025-01-01' AND execution_date <= '2025-12-31'
AND adjustment_type = 'forward_split' AND split_from = 1
AND split_to >= 2 AND split_to = round(split_to)
),
daily AS (
SELECT ticker,
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), window_start,
(toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS close_rth
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM events UNION ALL SELECT 'SPY')
AND window_start >= '2025-01-01 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-03-01 00:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker, d
HAVING close_rth > 0
),
series AS (
SELECT ticker, arraySort(x -> x.1, groupArray((d, close_rth))) AS dc
FROM daily
GROUP BY ticker
),
spy AS (
SELECT dc AS spy_dc FROM series WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
),
per_event AS (
SELECT e.ticker AS tkr,
arrayFirstIndex(x -> x.1 >= e.execution_date, s.dc) AS idx,
arrayFirstIndex(x -> x.1 >= e.execution_date, spy_dc) AS sidx,
s.dc AS dc, spy_dc
FROM events e
JOIN series s ON s.ticker = e.ticker
CROSS JOIN spy
),
measured AS (
SELECT tkr,
(dc[idx + 5].2 / dc[idx].2 - 1) * 100 AS r5,
(dc[idx + 21].2 / dc[idx].2 - 1) * 100 AS r21,
(spy_dc[sidx + 21].2 / spy_dc[sidx].2 - 1) * 100 AS spy21
FROM per_event
WHERE idx > 0 AND length(dc) >= idx + 21
AND sidx > 0 AND length(spy_dc) >= sidx + 21
AND dc[idx].2 > 0
)
SELECT count() AS splits_measured,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(r5, cityHash64(tkr)), 1) AS median_5_session_pct,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(r21, cityHash64(tkr)), 1) AS median_21_session_pct,
round(100.0 * countIf(r21 > 0) / count(), 0) AS pct_up_after_21_sessions,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(spy21, cityHash64(tkr)), 1) AS median_spy_21_session_pct
FROM measured
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