Stock split: If you come to know that there is a stock in your portfolio in which you will get five times the shares instead of one, then what could be better than this. Today we are going to tell you about one such company included in the BSE 500 index, whose shares are going to be in focus in the coming days because the company has announced the ex-date for the stock split.
The company we are talking about here is an engineering and manufacturing company, which provides industrial equipment, project solutions and technical services especially to sectors like Oil & Gas, Power, Chemicals and Heavy Engineering. The name of the company is United Van Der Horst Ltd.
Know when is the record date?
The shares of this company with a market cap of Rs 255 crore are currently trading at Rs 184, which is likely to rise in the coming days. The stock rose 17 percent to a high of Rs 189.90 during trading on Friday, while its previous closing price was Rs 162.10 per share. United Van Der Horst Limited has given information about the sub-division (split) of its equity shares and the record date for the same has been fixed as Thursday, January 22, 2026. That means, investors who have shares of the company till this date will get a chance to earn big money.
100 shares will become 500
This decision for the company was approved by the shareholders through postal ballot on November 7, 2025. The company has announced a stock split in the ratio of 1:5, under which one share of face value Rs 5 will be divided into five equity shares of Re 1 each. For example, investors who had 100 shares of Rs 5 each will now have 500 shares of Re 1 each. However, there will be no change in the total value of shareholders’ investment.
The purpose of share split is to improve liquidity by increasing the number of existing shares. Due to this the investment value remains the same, but the price per share reduces proportionately. Due to this, as shares become cheaper, small investors also get a chance to place bets.
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