Amazon, Apple, Google and Tesla have all done it. Here’s why companies split their stock

Google is just one of dozens of companies recently making its stock more affordable. The tech giant’s parent company, Alphabet (GOOGL), split its two classes of shares (GOOG) by a 20-to1 ratio in July.

Amazon (AMZN) made the same 20-for-1 move in June while Tesla (TSLA) announced around the same time that it’s going with a 3-for-1 stock split. Apple (AAPL) has split its stock five times since the company went public.

Watch this video as CNBC’s Emily Lorsch explains what a stock split is and why companies do it.

Source

Technology

Apple can’t secure enough chips as iPhone demand surges, memory prices rise

January 30, 2026

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, Sept. 9, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple reported blowout first-quarter earnings on Thursday, and predicted growth of as much as 16% in the current quarter, matching the period that just ended. […]

Technology

What’s next for Apple stock after big iPhone sales everywhere, even China

January 30, 2026

Apple on Thursday evening reported a blowout holiday quarter, driven by a 23% increase in iPhone sales. A strong revenue guide for the current March quarter suggests this strong device cycle will continue. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2026 first quarter, which ended back on Dec. 27, rose 16% year over year to $143.76 billion, exceeding […]

Elon Musk’s billion spending plan signals ‘Tesla of yesterday is gone’

Technology

Elon Musk’s $20 billion spending plan signals ‘Tesla of yesterday is gone’

January 29, 2026

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters At Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, the automaker plans to make robots instead of its older cars, as it gears up to spend $20 billion this […]