Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)

1.67 +0.07  +4.38%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Alcatel-Lucent Total Return Price: 1.67

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ALU Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.13 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 14.55 Jul 3 2007
Average 4.451

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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ALU News

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about 6 hours ago by optionidus
$ALU New router is a game changer! 6 out of the last 8 days green!!
about 21 hours ago by VinnyL
$ALU I can wait...baby steps, for now...not a problem.
about 2 days ago by nick159
short in $jpm $amzn, long $alu
about 2 days ago by stockpooka
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May 25, 12:09PM Investor Place
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about 2 days ago by optionidus
$ALU Coming in June!! http://stks.co/3z7l
about 2 days ago by optionidus
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about 3 days ago by DrNick
$ALU just loaded up, looking forward to the near future, LONG.
about 3 days ago by mahadi
Forget $FB and buy $ALU or $AAPL instead.
about 3 days ago by Itradestocks123
$ALU Double bottoms in short term and long term as well?
about 4 days ago by limo
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about 4 days ago by optionidus
$ALU Some More Good News http://stks.co/3xWz
about 4 days ago by optionidus
$ALU Shhh! Finally green on my $ALU
about 4 days ago by janmackin
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$ALU great article optionidus, lots to look forward too, now if Greece can get its act together, $ALU LONG!
about 4 days ago by VinnyL
$ALU boy, would I like to see that stock have just one really good day.
about 5 days ago by nick159
$alu looks like the market is heading for a sell off at 4pm ! bad news somewhere!
about 5 days ago by GOTUBRAD
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about 5 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
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