Biotech stocks are high-risk, high-reward investments. Small- and mid-cap biotech stocks are among the most high-risk, high-reward stocks in the market. Many of these companies are developing drug candidates that could ultimately address multibillion-dollar markets.

Evolutionary biotechnology applies the principles of molecular evolution to biotechnology, leading to novel techniques for the creation of biomolecules with a great variety of functions for technical and medical purposes.

However, the evolution of the biotech industry as it is known today began in the 1980s, with scientific innovations leading to the commercialization of biotech products. Proof of principle for discovery and product development was established for recombinant DNA proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and vaccines.

For example, drugs and therapeutics, nutritional compounds, environmentally friendly chemicals and materials, biofuels, and novel functional materials can be produced through biotechnology. Biotechnology can also be employed to degrade toxic or harmful chemicals and agents to solve environmental problems.

Origins of biotechnology. Biotechnology arose from the field of zymotechnology or zymurgy, which began as a search for a better understanding of industrial fermentation, particularly beer. Beer was an important industrial, and not just social, commodity.

Here’s a look at today’s fastest-growing stocks expecting big earnings-per-share gains in 2021. Crocs (CROX) and Square (SQ) join steel stocks Schnitzer Steel (SCHN), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX) and Nucor (NUE) are among 23 names expecting at least 75% earnings growth in 2021 or their current fiscal year.

The 10 Best-Performing Stocks of 2020

• Bit Digital (up 3,691%) Bit Digital (NASDAQ:BTBT) emerged out of nowhere to take the top spot in 2020.
• Novavax (up 2,889%)
• Blink Charging (up 2,332%)
• Vaxart (up 1,606%)
• Riot Blockchain (up 1,441%)
• Beam Global (up 1,358%)
• Cardiff Oncology (up 1,311%)
• Trillium Therapeutics (up 1,202%)

Splits for July 2021

It’s important to note, especially for new investors, that stock splits don’t make a company’s shares any better of a buy than prior to the split. Of course, the stock is then cheaper, but after a split the share of company ownership is less than pre-split.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) will effect a one-for-five (1-5) reverse split & ProShares UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIS) will effect a one-for-four (1-4) reverse split of its outstanding shares. The reverse stock splits will become effective on Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

Advantages for Investors One side says a stock split is a good buying indicator, signaling the company’s share price is increasing and doing well. While this may be true, a stock split simply has no effect on the fundamental value of the stock and poses no real advantage to investors.

Do you lose money if a stock splits? No. A stock split won’t change the value of your stake in the company, it simply alters the number of shares you own.

When a stock splits, it can also result in a share price increase—even though there may be a decrease immediately after the stock split. This is because small investors may perceive the stock as being more affordable and buy the stock. This effectively boosts demand for the stock and drives up prices.

As of 8/31/20, shareholders will now hold 5 shares of TSLA for every 1 share previously held. As a result, Tesla has adjusted their price per share to accommodate the increase in the company’s shares outstanding.

After closing at $2,213.40 on Friday, Tesla’s 5-for-1 stock split went into effect at Monday’s open. The opening price post split was $444.61, or 0.4% above Friday’s split-adjusted closing price of $442.68.

Because of the split, the value of each share is halved. For example, if you buy a call option that controls 100 shares of XYZ with a strike price of $75. If XYZ announces a 2:1 stock split, the contract would now control 200 shares with a strike price of $37.50.

Apple’s stock has split five times since the company went public. The stock split on a 4-for-1 basis on August 28, 2020, a 7-for-1 basis on June 9, 2014, and split on a 2-for-1 basis on February 28, 2005, June 21, 2000, and June 16, 1987.