Are Apple (AAPL) shares ready to split?

With 875,000,000 shares outstanding, and "only" 1,800,000,000 authorized, how could they do a 3/1 split unless they went through a shareholder vote to issue more shares?

In these days, with electronic trading, a split is wishful thinking for short term traders. In the longer term there is no benefit. AAPL demonstrates sufficient liquidity by regularly trading with the highest dollar volume of any individual stock. Higher price can yield a lower percentage to the typical spread and with fewer shares involved reduce trading costs for investors. A split is actually a negative for investors and an indication that the fundamentals alone do not justify a higher value. Apple has suffered after the last splits.

"A split now would signal to the world that Apple believes it has even more room to grow"

What?????

That makes no sense. A split would just allow more less informed retail investors to play around in a stock they likely are buying for the wrong reasons and will just increase the volitility. I guess you are saying that Google is saying to the world they do not believe they have more room to grow?

Apple split? This is a good question on the day that Google broke $600. Apple is going to split when Google splits. If it's working for Google (no split) then it's going to work for Apple. BTW, 29.6 million shares af Apple traded today.

It was on this site I read that splitting was no longer a given in the google age of trading, enough investors being now comfortable at these high prices.

The comments above flesh out this idea.

Articles like these are just ignorant.

Anyone that knows anything about stocks knows that splits are inherently worthless. Or are you someone that thinks, like a six year old, that 2 quarters is more than a fifty cent piece?

Apple not splitting now, like in the past, means that they have sensible management. A split would do nothing for the shareholder or company other than increase overhead in the form of paperwork.

The Google example is a great one and it's what Steve Jobs himself pointed to when asked about a split at the last shareholder's meeting... which Mr. White should know if he had done any research.

Apple will not split any time soon. There's no reason to.

The John and Jane Does of the world's investors feel that they can't afford $166.00 or $600$ a share for any stock. BUT at $83.00 or $300. they might just jump in and buy some shares. Apple or Google then becomes affordable for them to buy.
Their felling is that the stock will run up again.

I remember when Ebay was around $l44 per share and it split........it never had a run up after that. Ergo, a word to the wise.....don't bank on it.

Apple has no need for a split unless it's looking for a new infusion of capital. I think not.