What you say is true if the stock price does not change from the same ratio before a split to after the split. In this case the ratio changed against the retail investor. The price did not keep the same ratio as before or after the split. You are using the theory on stock splits not what really happened. Go back and work the numbers. the price ratio changed drastically after the split against the retail inetor.
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