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AMD
AMD was founded in 1969 and first offered public shares in 1972. Its company FAQ documents the original offer and the complete cumulative split factor.
01 / YOUR SCENARIO
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Starting price: $15.50 · IPO · 1972-09-27
27 AMD share equivalents per starting share at your ending date.
Uses documented share adjustments through 2026-09-24. Assumes the share basis remains comparable after that date; other distributions are excluded.
IPO OFFER PRICE → YOUR PRICE
AMDAMD · IPO offer price · $15.50
What would those shares be worth?
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IPO starting price with the documented cumulative 27-for-one split factor. Ending prices must be on or after August 22, 2000, on the post-split basis.
Formula: amount ÷ $15.50 × 27 × AMD ending price.
AMD investor FAQ ↗AMD stock-split history ↗Illustrative paper value; no sale or access to a historical investment is assumed. Excludes fees, taxes, cash dividends, warrants and other distributions; fractional shares assumed. An entered ending price is unverified.
THE STORY & THE EVIDENCE
AMD: before the public market.
AMD was founded in 1969 and first offered public shares in 1972. Its company FAQ documents the original offer and the complete cumulative split factor.
IPO3 sourced milestones1 documented share scenarios
- Formation
- IPO
First public offering
$15.50
620,000 shares were offered at $15.50, including 500,000 company shares and 120,000 selling-holder shares.
- Share basis
Six public stock splits
Split factors 1.5 × 1.5 × 2 × 1.5 × 2 × 2 yield 27 shares per original IPO share.
What the records do not establish
- The reviewed company sources do not establish a private subscription-price and conversion chain. This calculator starts at the IPO.
- The stored cumulative factor supports post-August 2000 prices; earlier public-date scenarios are not enabled for this model.
Research reviewed 2026-09-24. Selected public records, not a complete private cap table. An undisclosed price is left unknown.
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Source documents & filing locations
AMD investor FAQ ↗
Founding May 1, 1969; September 27, 1972 IPO at $15.50; cumulative 27-for-one adjustment.
AMD stock-split history ↗
Six stock splits, last paid August 21, 2000.