Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) stock is on the move Monday thanks to the real estate investment trust completing a reverse stock split.
Here’s everything traders need to know about the reverse stock split for AHT shares.
- To begin with, the reverse stock split is on a 1-for-10 basis.
- That means the company is consolidating down 10 shares of its stock into one share.
- This will have it reducing its total number of shares on the market from 265.1 million shares to 26.5 million shares.
- However, this won’t result in major changes in ownership as the change is taking place across the board.
- The only slight changes investors will see are cash payouts due to the company not allowing for fractional shares.
- Ashford Hospitality Trust completed its reverse stock split after markets closed on Friday.
- That means today is the first day those shares will trade on an adjusted basis.
- Ashford Hospitality Trust enacting this reverse stock split will bring its shares out of the penny stock range.
- The company hopes that doing this will draw in more long-term investors.
- That could, in turn, mean that the stock sees less volatility from retail traders pumping and dumping penny stocks.
- While AHT stock will continue to trade under the same ticker after the reverse stock split, it will trade under a new CUSIP number.
- Interested investors will want to keep a close eye on AHP stock today as it could see heavy trading and volatility following the reverse stock split.
AHT stock was up 792.3% in pre-market trading on Monday.
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