Don't Freak Out: Apple Stock Is Trading Below $100

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Seth Fiegerman
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Don't Freak Out: Apple Stock Is Trading Below $100
Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 2, 2014. Credit: Jeff Chiu

For the first time in more than seven years, Apple's share price is trading in the double digits.

Apple's 7-for-1 stock split officially goes into effect Monday, giving each existing shareholder six additional shares for every share they hold. While Apple's market cap remains unchanged -- about $550 billion -- the share price went from around $650 on Friday to just more than $92 when the market opened Monday.

The Cupertino company first announced the unusual stock split when it reported earnings results in late April.

Apple has previously conducted three separate 2-for-1 stock splits, in 1987, 2000 and 2005. The company's stock has climbed by more than 20% since then on rumors of new products like an iWatch and larger iPhone as well as the stock split and an increased buyback.

By going with a 7-for-1 split, Apple significantly lowers the share price and may make it more enticing to a larger pool of investors. Some have also speculated it may remove Apple's last major barrier -- a sky high stock price -- to joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Several finance sites were a little slow in adjusting to their data for Monday's stock split:

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Here's Apple's stock trajectory, adjusted for the latest stock split:

[img src="http://media.ycharts.com/charts/155b599ef62da4c3e9d6659f9542fc65.png" caption="" credit="" alt="AAPL Chart"]

AAPL data by YCharts

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