Stock-Split Watch: Could IonQ Be the Next Quantum Computing Stock to Split?

Stock splits are tools used by companies to artificially manipulate their share price and outstanding share count, without changing the company's market cap. Companies don't do these randomly -- there is often a method to the madness. They usually occur after a big run in a stock, whether up or down. Few stocks have seen bigger moves than pure-play quantum computing stocks like IonQ (NYSE: IONQ). Could this be the next one to conduct a stock split?There are stock splits, and then there are reverse stock splits. As I mentioned above, both change a publicly traded company's share price and share count. But I want to reiterate that they don't change the market cap, and therefore don't change an investor's equity position if they own the stock. Whatever the equity position is prior to a split, it will be the same after a split.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool