Stock-Split Watch: Is Rigetti Computing Next?

While not necessarily a big deal, stock splits can elicit strong interest from market watchers because they often indicate that something else is amiss. Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) has become one of the big winners over the last year, thanks to investors' interest in the high-flying quantum computing space. Many believe quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize society similar to the way artificial intelligence does. While it's difficult to predict exactly when a company will conduct some kind of stock split, Rigetti has been a volatile name this year. Is the company on stock-split watch?Before we can examine whether Rigetti could be on stock-split watch, let's first look at what stock splits and reverse stock splits are. Stock splits allow companies to artificially change their share price and shares outstanding without changing their market cap. The important thing for investors to understand is that a stock split does not change an investor's equity position. Traditional stock splits bring the share price down and the outstanding shares up, while reverse stock splits do the opposite.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool