Tesla's 3-for-1 stock split: what will happen to its options?
$Tesla(TSLA.US$ announced its stock split plan in March, the second stock-split move in less than two years.
In early August, the EV maker specified that a 3-for-1 stock split would take effect on Aug. 24.
What is a stock split？
A stock split means that a public firm splits a share into several shares.
You can think of it as slicing a pizza into smaller pieces.
Learn more in "What is a Stock Split"?
Let's look at Tesla in more detail.
Assume you hold 100 shares of $Tesla(TSLA.US$ trading at $900 per share before a stock split. After a 3-for-1 split, you'll get 300 shares at $300 per share.
A stock split may cause the stock price to rise, but there is no guarantee. Stock prices of different companies may not perform the same.
But how will the split affect Tesla's options, also a common investment vehicle used by retail investors?
After a stock split, a clearing company will adjust all its derivatives, a process known as "being made whole", ensuring the resulting price change will not affect its options' nominal value.
So holders of Tesla's options will find they'll get more options contracts for lower premiums, but the whole amount paid for premiums and the right to exercise the options won't change.
Yet a stock split may impact its options' liquidity.
Liquidity measures how easily a security can trade.
From a numerical perspective, it's easier for an options holder to settle one option trade than five seperate ones.
What's more, some investors will choose to trade new options after the corporate action, posing a liquidity risk to holders of the adjusted contracts.
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shoh : if i buy the stock today, will it still be split?
Bags-R-Us Allium tuberosum: Allium, please run that math again. MooMoo is correct.
Allium tuberosum Bags-R-Us: Yes I figured is my eye problems I didn't see that 100 shares hahahhahaa
72954136 shoh: No you would have had to been a share owner around August 14th 2022, I think or maybe a little earlier than that
shoh 72954136: it cannot be my 889usd stock i buy today suddenly be worth 296usd tmr when they split. and also the currently the tesla stock price is increasing.
Dancing Fatman shoh: sure, money never disappears
72954136 shoh: ok just let me know. So that next time I can get my information correct thanks alot
Degenerate Doc : Stocks usually and historically decline 20% after every split before going back up…
courageous Quokka_93 Degenerate Doc: Likely not today … got a feeling it will goes up today and fall by the end of the day
M00RJ : Small fall then rise up again.
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