A stock split will increase the number of shares of a company as will a stock dividend.

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Both a stock split and a stock dividend increase the number of shares outstanding for a company, but they do so in different ways. A stock split directly increases the number of shares each shareholder owns, reducing the price per share accordingly, without changing the shareholder's overall equity. A stock dividend distributes additional shares to shareholders proportionally, based on their current holdings, effectively similar to a stock split in its impact on the number of shares and share price, but executed through a dividend payment.

A Stock Split Will Increase the Number of Shares of a Company