it wants to bring its shares to a market required price. The problem is the reason the companies shares dropped below that price is usually but not always because the company has a problem of some sort.
Let's say you buy 1 million shares of AFPW at .0001, you spend $100. Let's say the bid on AFPW goes to .0001. Now you are even money.
Now AFPW has a R/S that leaves you with only 1000 shares but at the higher price. I can almost guarantee that if the fundamentals of AFPW have not changed your 1000 shares will go right back down to .0001.
Instead of the 1 million shares worth .0001 you now have 1000 shares worth .0001. A company can split its shares over and over again.
This is the reason to look for shells that have about 100 million of less shares. Less likely to R/S.