Should Google Split Their Stock?

For instance, Google currently had roughly 275 million shares
outstanding priced at $169.35 at Friday's close. If Google executed a
4-for-1 stock, the company would have 1.1 billion shares outstanding
priced at $42.34.

Some analysts think Google's stock is bound to
drop without a split, partially because nearly 267 million shares owed
by company insiders will become eligible to be traded for the first
time between mid-November and mid-February.

The looming
expirations of these so-called "lock-up" periods is one of the reasons
UBS analyst Benjamin Schachter set a $160 price target for Google's
shares in a report issued Thursday. Schachter's bearish outlook caused
Google's shares to plunge $15.35, or 8.3 percent, Friday.

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