Nine prominent businesses have announced stock splits in 2024. One of these companies is cheaper than it's ever been, while history suggests two others are poised to disappoint their shareholders.With the exception of artificial intelligence (AI), there's not a hotter trend on Wall Street right now than companies conducting stock splits.A stock split is an event where a publicly traded company cosmetically alters its share price and outstanding share count by the same magnitude. It's "cosmetic" in the sense ...